1. Canonicity

2. Old Testament Canon 1. Jesus attests to validity of Old Testament John 5:39 2. Josephus provides historical confirmation 3. Our old testament is the same as the Hebrew scriptures

3. Old Testament Apocrypha Contains books like Tobit and 1 & 2 Maccabes Catholics consider part of Canon, Protestants do not

4. New Testament Canon 1.Paul quotes other New Testament writing as scripture 1 Tim 5:18 2.Early lists contain all the books of the NT but 7 by 200 AD Hebrews, 2 & 3 John, 2 Peter, Jude, James, and Revelation 3.Council of Carthage in 397 AD listed all books.

5. How did the NT canon develop? (Offline)

6. How did the NT canon develop?

7. Translations

8. About Translations All translations have issues. Hard expressing ideas that don’t exist in target language. Trying to balance literal translation and fully expressing idea Try “love”

10. Comparison (2 Cor 10:13) NASB “But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.“ NIV “We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us, a field that reaches even to you.”

11. Comparison (2 Cor 10:13) NIV “We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us, a field that reaches even to you.” THE MESSAGE “We aren’t making outrageous claims here. We’re sticking to the limits of what God has set for us. But there can be no question that those limits reach to and include you.”

12. Conclusion

13. Questions Answered How does God reveal himself to man? Can people who have never heard the Gospel be saved? How did the Bible come to be? How can we trust the Bible with all these different translations? What exactly do you mean by “inerrancy”? How do we know the right books are in the Bible?