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→The word Bible is derived from the Greek word ‘Biblio’, which mean book. The Latin word is Biblia, while the English word is ‘Bible’. Bible means Book, but not just a book but a holy book and that explains the use of ‘Holy Bible’.

→The Bible is God speaking and the word of God is living

→The essence of studying the Bible is to know God and His will in order to live according to His purpose.

→It was written by men, however the Holy-Spirit breathed upon these Human vessels.

→The Bible contains sixty-six books with no single contradiction, priceless and incomparable.

→It has scientific accuracy even though it was written in a non-scientific age and finds answers to the questions of life and death.

→The writers of the Bible include kings, priest, physician, fisherman, shepherd, statesmen, soldier, butler, learned, unlearned, tax collector, musician. However, reading it appears the Bible is written by only one author, because it was the Holy Spirit that breathed upon them. The writers are 40 in number.

→The Bible was written in three (3) Semitic languages (The languages include Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic).

→The Bible constitutes of 66 Books – 39 for the Old testaments and 27 for the New testaments.

→The Old testaments is categorized into four books, this includes:
(1) The Law, also referred to as Torah or Pentateuch (5 Books – Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy);
(2) The Prophets (contains 17 Books, which is also subdivided into major prophets and minor prophets. What differentiate them is how voluminous they were – Major prophets (5) includes Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentation, Ezekiel and Daniel; Minor prophets (12) includes Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.;
(3) Historical Books (12 Books – Joshua, Judge, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther.;
(4) Poetical Books (5 Books – Job Psalm, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs of Solomon.

→The New Testaments is categorized into four books, this includes:
(1) The Gospels (4 Books – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John);
(2) The Historical Book (1 Book – Acts of Apostles);
(3) Epistles (21 Books – Romans, 1&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1&2 Thessalonians, 1&2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1&2 Peter, 1,2&3 John, Jude. The historical books are also categorized into two books which are Pauline’s epistles (epistles written by Paul which is the first 13 books) and General epistles (epistles written by other apostles which is the last .
(4) Prophetic book (1 Book – Revelation)

→Canonization, is the name given to the process God used to determine which book should be considered scripture.

→Canon is a theological word used to describe those books which were accepted as authoritative, those that should be included in the Bible.

→Writing materials and instruments includes: Materials – Clay tablets, stone, papyruses, vellum, parchment and leather, metal, wax, while the instruments include – stylus, chisel, pen, ink.

→Translation, which involves rendering from one language into another while transliteration is the process of transferring a word from the alphabet of one language to another. It helps people to pronounce words and names in foreign languages

→The Christocentric structure of the Bible includes: Part A – Old Testament
The Law – Foundation of Christ
History – Preparation for Christ
Poetry – Aspiration for Christ
Prophecy – Expectation for Christ
Part B – New Testament
Gospels - Manifestation of Christ
Acts – Propagation of Christ
Epistles – Interpretation and Application of Christ
Revelation – Consummation of Christ

→The earliest Bible has no Chapters and verses divisions.

→Stephen Langton a professor at the University of Paris and later Archbishop of Canterbury (i.e., head of English Anglican Church), divided the Bible into chapters in 1227 A.D. Then between the years 1551 – 1555 A.D. a man called Robert Stephanus; a parish printer divided the Bible into verses. It took him four years.

→The Bible is God’s breathed hence; you are mandated to pray for God’s revelation before you study the Bible.

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It's good to know how the Bible came to you but to understand God's word you need two or three individuals before the spirit guiding faithful people will come and help you! Matthew 18:20 compare to Malachi 3:16

So it's wrong to study the Bible alone without a company of two or three of course you can read alone to enjoy the stories but to get the understanding you must be in the midst of faithful researchers.

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