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How We got the Bible

A description of how the Bible was written, collected, and transmitted

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How We got the Bible

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  1. How we Got the Bible by Dr. Don Fisher

  2. Writing Materials Papyrus

  3. Biblos

  4. Scroll

  5. Writing Tools Reeds Small Knife (Jer. 36:23) Iron Pen with a Diamond (or Flint) Tip (Jer. 17:1) Ink

  6. Codex Introduced During the First Century 2 Timothy 4:13

  7. Parchment from Pergamum + 200 BC Pergamene Velum

  8. The Bible Is the Word of God 2 Tim. 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

  9. Writing the Bible 2 Pt. 1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

  10. John 14:25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

  11. Some Did Careful Research Lk.1:1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,

  12. Some Wrote Themselves Deut. 31:24 Moses finished writing in a book the words of this law from beginning to end, . . .

  13. Some Dictated to a Helper Jer. 36:4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll. Rom. 16:22 I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.

  14. The Bible is: Made up of 66 different books. Written over a span of 1,600 years (+ 1500 BC to AD 100). Written by more than 40 people including kings, prophets, leaders, and followers of Jesus.

  15. The Canon • Books accepted and approved as Holy Scripture. • Based on a standard or “rule of faith.” • Divine inspiration • Accuracy • Doctrinal truth • Consistency • Spiritual Power • Acceptance by the people of God • (For New Testament) Written by an Apostle or close associate

  16. 450 BC Ezra According to Jewish tradition, Ezra, a priest and scribe, collected and arranged some of the books of the Hebrew Bible, around 450 BC.

  17. Dead Sea Scrolls + 200 BC

  18. 250-100 BC The Septuagint (LXX) The Septuagint is the first Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible (the Old Testament). It was translated in 250-100 BC by Jewish scholars in Alexandria, Egypt.

  19. 250-100 BC The Septuagint (LXX) The books of this translation are arranged by subject. • Torah • History • Poetry • Prophecy The Apocrypha (Hidden Books)

  20. Apocrypha Old Testament Jews 39 books from the Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) Catholic 7 New English Bible 15 Eastern Orthodox 17 New Testament 27 books

  21. Ancient Translations • Greek (LXX) • Coptic • Latin

  22. The Original Words of the New Testament Are Not in Doubt There are thousands of fragments. There are ancient Bibles. P 52 125-150 AD Codex Sinaiticus, + 350 AD

  23. Critical Apparatus Lists All Known Variations

  24. The Books of the New Testament Are Not in Doubt P66 (Bodmer Papyrus) most of the Gospel of John Dated + 200 AD Found in Egypt Around 200-250 the cannon of the New Testament was spontaneously settled at 27 books. The 27 book cannon was ratified by the Council of Carthage 397 AD

  25. Copied

  26. Translated • Wycliffe 1382 • Luther 1534 Printing Press invented 1450

  27. Tyndale Translated New Testament from Greek 1525 Translating the Old Testament from Hebrew when he was martyred 1536

  28. More Bibles • Cloverdale Bible 1535 • Great Bible 1539 • Geneva Bible 1560 Study Bible with notes by Calvin, Beza, Knox Omitted Apocrypha Used by Shakespeare Carried by the Pilgrims

  29. King James Version 1611 Six years to translate Authorized Version Revised in 1769 Rerevised 1885

  30. Translation & Paraphrase Formal, word for word Dynamic, thought for thought Paraphrase

  31. New Translations & Revisions Revised Standard Version (RSV) [1952] NRSV 1989 New American Standard Bible (NASB) [1971] NASU 1995 New International Version (NIV) [1984, 2011] English Standard Version (ESV) [2001]

  32. Thought for Thought • Todays English Version (Good News Bible) • New Living Translation

  33. Paraphrase • Living Bible • The Message • The Voice

  34. 79% of the world have the whole Bible 11% have a New Testament 3½ % have nothing

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