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2. How We Got the ible David Tarbet 2014

3. The Birth of the ible David Tarbet 2014

4. The Bible is: Made up of 66 different books. Written over a span of 1,600 years (approximately 1500 BC to AD 100). Written by more than 40 kings, prophets, leaders, and followers of Jesus. BIBLE “The Books” BIBLE “The Books”

5. Stone Clay Parchment How Ancient Writings Were Preserved EARLIEST KNOWN WRITING Egypt – 4000-5000 B.C. Babylonia – 3750 BC Palestine – 1500 B.C. Dead Sea Scrolls Exodus 31:18 Deuteronomy 27:2-8 Ezekiel 4:1

6. papyrus How Ancient Writings Were Preserved From the papyrus plants that grew along the Nile River in Egypt Dates to 3500 BC First made as scrolls; later as single pages formed into a codex (book) Most important medium for copying documents until 3 rd Century AD Jeremiah 36:1-32 (December 604 BC)

7. The oldest New Testament fragment (from John 18) that we have today was copied in Greek on a papyrus codex (folded book) around AD 125. papyrus How The Bible Was Written & Preserved

8. RAG PAPER How Ancient Writings Were Preserved Invented by the Chinese – 2nd century BC Taught to Arabs - 8th century A.D. Came to Europe in 15 th Century 15 th –– 17 th Century Bibles printed on rag paper Modern Bibles printed on wood pulp paper

9. INVENTION OF THE PRINTING PRESS Johannes Gutenberg invented the moveable type printing press, and printed the first (Latin) Bible (1455) in Mainz, Germany. Assisted by Johann Fust, Peter Schoffer Within 25 years, 100 presses in Europe (Italy – 50; Germany – 80; England – 4). 10 Latin Bibles/Psalters, 8 German Bibles/Psalters; 5 Dutch New Testaments/Psalters printed before a single Bible printed in English! (Tyndale, 1526).

10. vellum How The Bible Was Written & Preserved 2 Timothy 4:13 Codex Sinaiticus

11. Discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus (4 th Century Bible) by Constantin von Tischendorf at St. Catherine’s Convent on Mount Sinai (1844-69)

12. vellum How The Bible Was Written & Preserved 2 Timothy 4:13 Codex Vaticanus Codex Sinaiticus

13. Written in Three Languages

14. The Old Testament was written mainly in Hebrew, with some Aramaic. The letter “aleph” in Hebrew script. A sample of Aramaic letters. Daniel 2:4–7:28 Ezra 4:8 – 6:18

15. The New Testament was written in Greek. A sample of Greek letters. The letter “alpha” in Koine Greek dialect. ARAMAIC WORDS: Talitha cumi (Mark 5:41), Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani (Matthew 27:46), Maranatha (1 Corinthians 16:22), Abba (Galatians 4:6)

17. Interesting Facts About the Bible …. The Chapters were inserted by Hugo (1240 AD) New Testament divided into Verses (1151 AD) Old Testament divided into Verses (1445 AD) Takes 52 hours 20 minutes to read Old Testament Takes 18 hours 20 minutes to read New Testament Shortest OT book is Obadiah; New Testament book: 2 John Shortest OT verse is 1 Chronicles 1:25; NT verse John 11:35 Longest OT chapter: Psalm 119 (176 verses); NT: Luke 1 (80 verses) Currently the largest selling English translation: NIV British Foreign Bible Society publishes a copy of the Bible every 3 seconds – day and night; 22 copies per minute

18. The Best Use of the Bible Is Made When We …. Read it through Pray it in Work it out Note it down, and Pass it on!

19. COMING NEXT CANON OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES