Bible Question: This question has a couple of parts. First, what texts did the Catholic church have available to choose from for the Bible? Second, how is the Bible divided up (for example, historical books, prophacy etc.)? Finally, do we have a translation that is taken directly from the Greek/Hebrew into English? |
Bible Answer: Navygirl To answer the rest of your questions basically the Christian Bible is divided by Old Testament and New Testament. The Old Testament is divided further by the first 5 books which are called the Pentateuch (Genesis-Deuteronomy) the books of History (Joshua-Esther) then the poetic books Job-Song of Solomon, followed by the prophets Isaiah–Malachi. The New Testament is divided the Gospels Matthew-John, History The Book of Acts, Pauline Epistles Romans-Philemon, General Epistles Hebrews –Jude, and the Apocalypse or the Book of Revelation. Most any translation has been directly translated from the Hebrew and Greek. The most popular are King James which because it was done so long ago carries old English words and to many is hard to understand. New King James basically the King James with the old and uncommon words replaced with modern terms (thy-you). New American Standard which is about the closest to a word for word translation which makes reading it a little harder since it follows speech patterns we don’t commonly use. Then there is New International Version this was an attempt to convey the meaning of the original but make it very understandable. It is a an idea to idea direct translation. Another translation is the New Living Translation which is a direct translation but written to modern terms and figures of speech. It is very understandable and many times can be used almost like a commentary to tell you what the other translations are saying. Again I pray this helps EdB |
Up | Down View Branch | ID# 24357 | ||
Questions and/or Subjects for Bible general Archive 1 | Author | ||
|
whfjcf@dancom.com | ||
|
sunflower | ||
|
JRS | ||
|
nitab | ||
|
2121 main st. | ||
|
Morant61 | ||
|
kathy_41 | ||
|
kathy_41 | ||
|
navygirlme | ||
|
EdB | ||
|
EdB | ||
|
Brandyb |