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BIBLE 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON THE BIBLE 



Outline 



I. What It Is 



(1) Its name 



(2) Its place in the world 



(3) A library, not a book 



II. The Canon of the Scriptures 



(1) Old Testament. 



(2) New Testament 



( 3 ) Apocrypha 



III. Origin 



(1) Dates of writing 



(a) The oldest book 



(b) The youngest book 



(2) Authors 



( 3 ) Language 



IV. Translation* 



(1) The Septuagint 



(2) Vulgate 



(3) The Bible in English 

 (a) Early versions 



1. Wycliffe's 



2. Tyndale's 



3. Cover dale's 



(b) The Authorized Version 



(c) The Revised Version 



(d) American Revised Version 



V. Contents 



(1) Old Testament 



(a) Law 



(b) History 



(c) Prophecy 



(d) Poetry 



(2) New Testament 



(a) History 



(b) Letters 



(c) Prophecy 



VI. Chronology of the Bible 



(1) Important dates 



(2) Its uncertainty 



VII. The Bible as Literature 



(1) The new attitude 



(2) Reasons for its charm 



(3) Its value for children 



Questions 



What event, according to Bible reckoning, took place almost as long before the 

 beginning of the Christian Era as the Norman Conquest did after it? 



What was the first complete Bible published in English? 



What was the form of the sacred writings possessed by the Jews? 



How many letters of Paul are part of the New Testament? 



What change has taken place in comparatively recent times in the attitude 

 toward the Bible? 



How many complete translations of the Bible have been made? 



By what other name is the Authorized Version known? Why is it so called? 



What quality have many of the Bible stories that makes them suitable for 

 children? 



According to tradition, who wrote the first five books of the Old Testament? 



In what language were Daniel and Ezra originally written? Why was the entire 

 Old Testament later translated into this tongue? 



What reasons were there for making a revised version of the Scriptures? 



What is the meaning of the name Bible? 



How many books of history are there in the New Testament? Name them. 



Why was the Septuagint so called? Is the title strictly accurate? 



What are the books of law? The prophetic books? 



About how many Bibles and New Testaments are distributed each year? 



What is meant by the "canon"? What books form part of it? 



About how early were the first translations from the Hebrew? 



