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B.EERDMANS PUBLISHING COMPANYGRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN/CAMBRIDGE,U.K.  \n◎2005 Wm.B.Eerdmans Publishing Co.All rights reserved  \nWm.B.Eerdmans Publishing Co.  \n255 Jefferson Ave.S.E,Grand Rapids,Michigan 49503/P.O.Box 163,Cambridge CB39PU U.K.  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n1009 o807067654  \nISBN-10:0-8028-2943-0  \nISBN-13:978-0-0828-2943-6  \nwww.eerdmans.com  \nContents  \nix  \nPreface:A Labor of Love  \n1.How This Book Was Built1Benefits of Reading This Book2The Inspiration According to Julia4  \n2.How the Bible Was Built6What the Word Bible Means7Strange Ideas about the BibleA House with Two Wings and aConnecting Passage9  \n8  \n3.The First Wing—the Old Testament10The Cornerstone of the Bible10What Was So Special about theBook of Deuteronomy?12  \nContents  \nWhat Is the Pentateuch?14The Story of the Samaritans14The Prophets —the Walls of the House16The Message of the Prophets17Former Prophets and Latter Prophets19The Writings—a Roof for the Old Testament20The Writings Become Holy Scripture22  \n4.The Apocrypha一  \nPassageway from Old to New23The First Detective Stories24Are the Books Called ApocryphaHoly Scripture?25The Significance of the Apocrypha28The Apocrypha and Christianity30  \n5.The New Wing—the New Testament32The QDocument33Mark—a Movie Scenario34Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel35A Different Kind of Gospel36Is One of the Gospels Best?38Why Were These Four Books Perceivedas Holy Scripture?40What about the Book of Acts?41The Letters of Paul—the Walls of theNew Testament42  \nContents  \nDid Paul Intend His Letters to Be Treatedas Holy Scripture?43How Many Letters Did Paul Write?44How Did Paul's Letters to the Churchesbecome a Collection?46Were Paul's Letters to the ChurchesRecognized as Holy ScriptureWhen They Were Published?47A Variety of Writings Form the Roofof the New Testament49The Letters to Timothy and Titus49The Letter to the Hebrews52The Catholic Letters and the Letters of John53The Revelation of John54  \n6. The Canon: or, Who Said,This Is the Official Bible?55The Old Testament Canon56The Council of Jamnia57The Christian Old Testament59The New Testament Canon61Heretics Help Form the New Testament62The First New Testaments62Origen's New Testament64The New Testament of Eusebius65Athanasius67  \nContents  \n68  \nJerome  \nGutenberg Closes the Canon68  \n7.Decorating the House一  \nTranslating the Bible into English70Wyclif's Bible71Opposition to English Translations73William Tyndale73The Coverdale Bible74The Invention of Bible Verses75Nicknaming Bibles76The King James Translation77Other English Translations81Hebrew Poetry and Common Greek83Recent Revisions and Paraphrases84Are All These Revisions Necessary?86  \nAppendix A:Biblical Terms You Need to Know  \n88  \nAppendix B:Some Dates That Will Help YouUnderstand How the Bible Was Built93","cbCaigoVSwpnrjcm","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigoVSwpnrjcm","pdf",3026911,116,"English","# Preface\n## A Labor of Love\n# How This Book Was Built\n## Benefits of Reading This Book\n## The Inspiration According to Julia\n# How the Bible Was Built\n## What the Word Bible Means\n## Strange Ideas about the Bible\n## A House with Two Wings and a Connecting Passage\n# Contents of the Bible\n## The First Wing—the Old Testament\n## What Was So Special about the Book of Deuteronomy?\n## The Apocrypha\n## The New Wing—the New Testament\n## The Letters of Paul\n## The Canon\n# Decorating the House\n## Translating the Bible into English\n## Wyclif's Bible\n## William Tyndale\n## The King James Translation\n## Other English Translations\n# Appendix\n## Biblical Terms You Need to Know\n## Some Dates That Will Help You Understand How the Bible Was Built","[{\"question\":\"What does the book say the Bible is, and where does that idea come from?\",\"answer\":\"The book explains what the word “Bible” means and addresses common misunderstandings about the Bible before outlining how its contents were assembled.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book describe the Bible’s structure across Old and New Testaments?\",\"answer\":\"It presents the Bible as a “house with two wings,” discussing how the Old Testament forms one wing and the New Testament forms the other, with transitional passages connecting them.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the canon become the “official” Bible according to the book?\",\"answer\":\"The book covers the Old and New Testament canon processes, including councils and key historical figures, and explains how texts were recognized and preserved as scripture.\"}]","How the Bible Was Built - A Labor of Love | PDF",1790716245,292]