Bibliology: The Doctrine of the Scriptures
Bibliology is the study of or the doctrine of the Bible. The Earnest Contender will seek to answer three questions 1. What is the Bible? 2. How Did We Get the Bible? 3. How Can I Understand the Bible?
What is the Bible?
Do you remember the story about Vince Lambarty? Instead of a football imagine him holding up leather bound Book with gilded edges and a satin marker ribbon saying, “This is a Bible!” He might go on to explain that, “It is the task of the evangelist, the substance of the Bible student, the bone and marrow of the expositor, and the joy of the teacher, to ‘open the Book’.”
Let’s begin by agreeing with the terminology. The word “Bible”, comes from the Greek word Bib-li-os, and means a roll, scroll, or book. Compare Luke 4:17(NIV)and (KJV), “The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written…” (NIV) and “…He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written…” (KJV)
The Bible is also referred to as “Scripture” which comes from the Greek word graphei, meaning writings and is used pretty much solely of sacred books.
2Tim. 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
2Pet. 3:16 (NIV) “He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.”
The Bible is also called “the Word of God”. One may ask, “Where do people get the idea to call it the Word of God?” It comes to us from the pages of the Bible itself. The Word of God is the whole Bible; the OT/NT is the Word of God in written form.
Matt. 15:5-6 (NIV) “But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God’, he is not to honor his father with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.”
John 10:35 "If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken..."
Heb. 4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Testament or Covenant- comes from the Hebrew word Be’rit “cutting”. The NT word is diatheke, “disposition” or “will”. We again refer here to the OT and the NT.
Pentateuch comes from the Greek word penta, “five” and uchos, "a tool" or "implement"; it is applied exclusively to the five books of Moses.
2Chr. 25:4 “…did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses…”
2Chr.35:12 “…as it is written in the book of Moses.”
Ezra 6:18 “…as it is written in the book of Moses.”
Neh.13:1 “…On that day they read in the book of Moses…”
Mark 12:26 “…have ye not read in the book of Moses…”
Torah comes from the Hebrew word for "law" or "instruction". It is the first of the three divisions of the Hebrew canon; Torah (Law), Nebiim (Prophets), and Kethubim (Writings).
Matt. 7:12 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
Matt. 22:40 “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Luke 16:16 “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.”
Luke 24:44 “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.”
John 1:45 “Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Acts 13:15 “And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.”
Rom. 3:21 “But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets…”
We are just starting. We have only covered the terminology on which I think we can all agree. I have not touched on any source that others may refer to as "holy writ" such as the Vedas, the Analects of Confucius, the Tao TŽ Ching, Kojiki, the Koran, the Apocrypha, the Book of Mormon, the Key to Scripture etc. These simply are not relevant to keeping our focus on the Bible in this study.
Next time we will touch on: Six (6) Attitudes Toward the Bible.
What is the Bible?
Do you remember the story about Vince Lambarty? Instead of a football imagine him holding up leather bound Book with gilded edges and a satin marker ribbon saying, “This is a Bible!” He might go on to explain that, “It is the task of the evangelist, the substance of the Bible student, the bone and marrow of the expositor, and the joy of the teacher, to ‘open the Book’.”
Let’s begin by agreeing with the terminology. The word “Bible”, comes from the Greek word Bib-li-os, and means a roll, scroll, or book. Compare Luke 4:17(NIV)and (KJV), “The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written…” (NIV) and “…He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written…” (KJV)
The Bible is also referred to as “Scripture” which comes from the Greek word graphei, meaning writings and is used pretty much solely of sacred books.
2Tim. 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.”
2Pet. 3:16 (NIV) “He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.”
The Bible is also called “the Word of God”. One may ask, “Where do people get the idea to call it the Word of God?” It comes to us from the pages of the Bible itself. The Word of God is the whole Bible; the OT/NT is the Word of God in written form.
Matt. 15:5-6 (NIV) “But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to God’, he is not to honor his father with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.”
John 10:35 "If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken..."
Heb. 4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Testament or Covenant- comes from the Hebrew word Be’rit “cutting”. The NT word is diatheke, “disposition” or “will”. We again refer here to the OT and the NT.
Pentateuch comes from the Greek word penta, “five” and uchos, "a tool" or "implement"; it is applied exclusively to the five books of Moses.
2Chr. 25:4 “…did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses…”
2Chr.35:12 “…as it is written in the book of Moses.”
Ezra 6:18 “…as it is written in the book of Moses.”
Neh.13:1 “…On that day they read in the book of Moses…”
Mark 12:26 “…have ye not read in the book of Moses…”
Torah comes from the Hebrew word for "law" or "instruction". It is the first of the three divisions of the Hebrew canon; Torah (Law), Nebiim (Prophets), and Kethubim (Writings).
Matt. 7:12 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”
Matt. 22:40 “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Luke 16:16 “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.”
Luke 24:44 “And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.”
John 1:45 “Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Acts 13:15 “And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.”
Rom. 3:21 “But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets…”
We are just starting. We have only covered the terminology on which I think we can all agree. I have not touched on any source that others may refer to as "holy writ" such as the Vedas, the Analects of Confucius, the Tao TŽ Ching, Kojiki, the Koran, the Apocrypha, the Book of Mormon, the Key to Scripture etc. These simply are not relevant to keeping our focus on the Bible in this study.
Next time we will touch on: Six (6) Attitudes Toward the Bible.
posted by J. Wendell at 6:45 AM
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