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Title: Religion Bible Notes
Description: These are notes about Different Truths, Literary Forms, Stages of Writing the Bible, along with a few terms.
Description: These are notes about Different Truths, Literary Forms, Stages of Writing the Bible, along with a few terms.
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HRE101a
1 of 13
Format of Unit Test:
I
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Application (Religious truths and literary forms)
III
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● name of the book comes first
● chapter number appears directly after the name of the book
● the last number, separated from the chapter number by a colon, indicates the verse
(in some versions of the Bible, rather than a colon, separates the verse # from the chapter #)
For example:
Genesis 1:31
Genesis, chapter 1, verse 3
How to Find a Scriptural Reference (continued)
Extra Notes:
★ notice the comma between separate verses of the same chapter
for example, Gen
...
your textbook does not use long dashes in scriptural references
for example, Gen
...
1;3 means chapter 1 and 3
★ a long verse may be broken up into parts
the first part of a verse would be “a”, the second part of a verse would be “b”
for example, Gen
...
Genesis
◆ 1 Jn
1 John
◆ Acts
Acts of the Apostles
◆ Is
Isaiah
◆ Nu
Numbers
◆ Mk
Mark
◆ Mt
Matthew
◆ Lv
Leviticus
➔ “Revelation” “Revelations”
NOT
Do you Read the Bible Literally or Contextual?
Term
Definition
Literal
➢ means “every word”
➢ reading the Bible word for word
➢ means exactly what it says
Contextual
➢
➢
➢
➢
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●
●
●
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put in context
consider the culture, place, time, and style
read between the lines
determine what the author are saying to the
people of their own time
➢ “interpret” the passage
In the Old testament, God identifies himself as the God of love and mercy
...
God is the only creator and God created the universe in a unique way
God used language to create rather than physical labour
...
plants and animals)
God created knowledge
(eg
...
C
...
D
...
7:17) or 150 days (Gen 7:24)
❖ sometimes the
BIble contradicts natural science
for example, is the earth really flat and the sky like an ocean of water?
❖ these
factual errors did not eliminate the core of God’s message to us
❖ Bible was never meant to be a textbook of science or history; it is a
testimony of faith
❖ the Bible was written in the language of faith of believers who lived long ago
HRE101a
6 of 13
Literary Forms Found in the Bible
➔ forms: myth, parable, prophecy, poetry, sermon, legend, list, letter, law, history
➔ do not take the passage literally, but take it contextually
ALL
Myth:
➢ focusing on the
acts of gods or heroes
(explaining some mysteries of life por ways of a particular culture)
➢ subjects of myths are sometimes
cosmological events
(e
...
creation of the universe and its
destruction in the flood) or
prehistoric events
(e
...
creation of humans, the first murder, the
creation of different languages)
➢ not
to be taken
literally
➢ e
...
myth of talking serpent and why snakes have no legs and are hated by humans
➢ contain etiologies (explanations of the origins of certain phenomena) or etymologies (the
origins of particular words)
List:
➢ a
series
of names, events, or words, usually in a set order
➢ e
...
Jesus’ genealogy at the beginning of Matthew is a list of names
Poetry:
➢ expresses the
poet’s personal and inner feelings
on love, God, life, etc
...
g
...
g
...
g
...
g
...
g
...
g
...
Each writer not only had a different motive, each write had a different audience
2
...
Some of the stories are identical
...
Scholars call this the “Q” source
...
They are known as Synoptic Gospels
...
What does the word “Bible” mean?
“library”
“biblia” means “books”
2
...
Judaism and Catholicism)
...
Starts through Hebrews, how Jesus was condemned, and after Jesus died, Christianity was
created
...
a) What do we mean when we say the Bible is like a library?
Like a library, the Bible holds many truths and stories
...
Organize through stories, chapters,
and verses
...
c) What’s the Torah?
The Torah is the first five books in the Bible
...
d) What are the first 5 books in the Old Testament?
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
e) Who are the four gospel writers?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
4
...
Old: Before Jesus
New: After Jesus
Old: The Lord is the only God
New: Trinity of God (God the father, God the son, and God the holy spirit)
Old: Many myth truths
New: Many historical truth
5
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HRE101a
13
6
...
8
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12 of
REVIEW QUESTIONS (continued):
a) Be able to find this and know what it means: 1 Cor
...
To read in between the lines
...
a) Explain the role of God in the writing process of the Bible
...
Used human authors to reveal God’s self to others so the future
generations could accept what they received as “God’s word”
b) Why is the Bible not meant to be read as a historical or scientific textbook? So, what is the
purpose of the Bible?
The Bible is not meant to be read as a historical or science textbook, it is a testimony of faith, and it
was written in the language of faith of believers of years ago
...
The Bible is a religious truth
...
What is a literal reading of the Bible versus contextual? What’s the difference? Why should
we be aware which one we’re doing and why?
Literal reading means reading the Bible word for word
...
culture, time,
place)
...
As Catholics, we read the Bible contextually
...
hat does the term “inspiration” mean when we are talking about the Bible?
W
“ Inspiration” of the Bible means that God used human authors to reveal God’s self to others so
that future generations could accept what they received as “God’s Word”
...
Who can truly be called the author of the Bible?
God can be called the author of the Bible because he showed himself through human authors
that wrote the stories of the Bible
...
hat does the Catholic Church teach about the role of the human authors in the
W
writing of the Bible?
God guided the storytellers, the singers of songs, and communities who actually put the
message of life and songs into writing
...
4
...
5
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It is a testimony of faith, and it
was written in the language of faith of believers who lived once thousands of years ago
...
Name two place where the Bible contradicts itself
...
Noah's flood lasted 40 days or 150 days?) and
sometimes the Bible contradicts natural science (is the earth really flat and the sky is like an
ocean of water? )
7
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Title: Religion Bible Notes
Description: These are notes about Different Truths, Literary Forms, Stages of Writing the Bible, along with a few terms.
Description: These are notes about Different Truths, Literary Forms, Stages of Writing the Bible, along with a few terms.