03/18/2025
❓What is the bible?
✅The Bible is a collection of 66 books, written by around 40 people, over a 1500 year period, on 3 continents, and in 3 languages. It has over 60,000 connections from beginning to end.
Its books consist of history, literature, laws, narrative, poetry, parables, allegory, metaphors, prophecy, letters, revelation and wisdom.
❓Why is it hard to understand? Why is context important?
✅The Old Testament was written in ancient Hebrew, which was mostly a spoken language. It was derived from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and did not have vowels. Vowels were added in subsequent copies, when the language evolved. And some words do not translate directly into English. Words in both languages just don't exist. So they got it as close as they could. This is why it's important to read the verses in context and look at the original languages for deeper understanding. The same goes for the Greek of the New Testament.
❓Why are there so many versions of it?
✅There's not many versions of the Bible. There are many translations because there's many languages and languages have evolved over time. Words change. When I was a kid my grandmother called her purse a pocketbook. We don't call them that anymore. Words also have different meanings depending on where you are. Where I live we call it soda. Go a few hours south and it's pop. Words change over time and are regional. Bibles have been periodically updated with new words because of these reasons, creating a new translation, not a new version.
❓Have you read the bible?
✅If you have, have you thought about reading it again?
✅If you haven't, why not? Do you think it's all fairy tales? Why? 🤔
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