1. The Story of the Bible Answering Doubting Thomas and Davinci

2. The story’s table of contents -The Story of the Bible- The Build Up: The Old Testament The Climax: The New Testament The Falling Action: Doubting Thomas & DaVinci -Stories within the Story- Ancient Languages & Translations Ancient Writing & the Materials used Author, Text, & Reader (interpretation)

3. The Story of the Bible

4. Story of the Bible - The Build Up: The Old Testament The canon of scripture begins with the Old Testament. What do we mean by the word canon? “The term ‘canon’ comes from the Greek term ( kanwn ) meaning a straight rod used as a rule or standard. Because the Old Testament (aka Hebrew Bible) was used as a rule or standard in the life of Israel, and both the OT and NT were used as a rule or stand for the Early Church we today refer to the Bible as the canon, the text where God gives his rules and standards.” Hebrew Bible At Jamnia 70 BC Jerome’s Latin Translation 405 AD LXX: Greek Translation BC 267 The question Of the Apocrypha The Old Testament At the 16 th cen Reformation

5. Story of the Bible - The Climax: The New Testament The concept of authority was important and preceded the idea of a canon. The church judged a document’s authority based on these categories: Apostolic authority – must have been written by or contain the teachings of an apostle Antiquity – must have been written during the generation of apostles (no later than 92/3 AD) Orthodoxy – must adhere to the faith taught by the apostles Catholicity – must be acknowledged as Scripture by a greater part of the Church Liturgy – must have been deemed proper for reading in church The Early Church’s Struggle with Authority Christ’s story And The writing Of the NT Majority of The NT Was labeled Scripture ( 150 AD) The arise of Heretical Canons – Ex. Marcion The orthodox Response in Fragments & Letters

6. Story of the Bible - The ‘Falling’ Action: Doubting Thomas & DaVinci Ancient forms of Doubt: ex. Gnosticism Popular forms of Doubt: ex. DaVinci Code Scientific forms of Doubt: ex. Transmission Q’s

7. Stories within the Story

8. Stories within the Story – Ancient Languages & Translations Ελληνικό αλφάβητο Lingua Latina Formal Equivalence Dynamic Equivalence Paraphrase

9. Stories within the Story – Ancient Writing & Materials

10. Stories within the Story – Interpretation: Author, Text, Reader The story of The Bible’s Interpretation includes Understanding the Author(s), The Text, & the Reader

11. The story’s table of contents -The Story of the Bible- The Build Up: The Old Testament The Climax: The New Testament The Falling Action: Doubting Thomas & DaVinci -Stories within the Story- Ancient Languages & Translations Ancient Writing & the Materials used Author, Text, & Reader (interpretation)

12. The Story of the Bible Answering Doubting Thomas and Davinci