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The Bible
Some things about the Bible and
why, and how some people use it.
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The Bible, Numeracy and Mysticism
The Bible consists of two parts
The Old Testament and The New Testament
The Old Testament and The Old Testament
Consists of 39 books Consists of 27 books
39 (39) 3x9=27 27
The Old Testament has 39 books. If you multiply 3 x 9 =27,
and that’s the number of books in the New Testament!
…spooky…
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The Old and New Testaments
The Old Testament The Old Testament
This is a collection of 39 books. The New Testament is a collection of
Which Christians collected together in 27 books. The start with the Gospels
the 4th century C.E. which are accounts of the life of Jesus
(it is the same as the Jewish scriptures which and move through the early life of the
contain 24 books, but as the early Christians
shuffled them around a little and split a few of the
Church, ending with the book of
books into two etc. the twenty four books of the Revelation.
Jews ended up as 39 for the Christians) (There are 66 books in the Bible. The number of
the Beast in Revelation is 666. Revelation 22:18
says that if anyone adds to the book they will be
given plagues as a punishment. If I add a 6 I get
666….coincidence….?
So, the 24 books of the Jews ended up as the 39 books of Christians and
instead of 24+27=51, the Christians ended up with 39+27=66,
And that’s why the earlier maths works!
…spooky..
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Curious Bible factoids
The Bible chapters as we know them were not introduced until the 13th century
The Bible verses as we know them were not introduced until the 1551
Even back in the early 1525 copyright piracy was a problem. Tyndale’s English
translation of the Bible, 1534 revision, had warnings about numerous ‘pirate
texts that were based on his original!
Most frequently mentioned man, apart from Jesus, is David with 1085 mentions
Most frequently mentioned woman is Sarah with 56 mentions
There is no mention of an apple in the Adam and Eve story
So, you think three kings visited Jesus? Wrong. The bible does
not mention how many but refers only to three gifts.
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So what does the Bible mean then?
Simply, it means different things to different Christians
Some
people
think it
Literal should Non-Literal
be
read
as
Wysiwyg We can see what
What it says is it says, but what
what it means did it mean then,
and what does it
mean now?
…and there’s lots of other views too!
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So how many English translations are there?
Hundreds!
Explore a few on the
link below
http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/scriptures/
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So how do you use the Bible then?
Generally speaking, Christians believe that the Bible is a special
book, and it has an authority that other books do not have.
Most say it is “The Word of God”, but disagree on the interpretation
IF
The Bible is literally the The Bible is not literally
word of God the word of God
..and there are Then you need to
Then you need to lots of points
know it and do work in between
know it and do exactly
out what it means. these two too! what is says
…but nearly all Christians will use it for prayer, meditation, inspiration etc.
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