Bibliology: New Testament and God

Dissertation: Biblical aspect of Bibliology Bibliology, as most Christians know, is the study of the Bible, which is God’s word. The word “Bible” comes from the Greek word biblion, which means book. The original writings were prepared on papyrus, which was a plant that was cut into strips and dried. The word “Scriptures" comes from the Greek word graphe, which means writings. The idea of “Scripture” saying something is presented to us in the Bible, and is equivalent to God speaking. The Bible was written over a one thousand and five hundred year period, written by more than forty authors, written on three continents (Asia, Africa, Europe), and written in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek). The Bible is an inspired source of knowledge about God, Jesus Christ, salvation, and eternity. The Bible being inspired means that it was breathed or spoken by God, and written by other authors that God influenced. In the scripture Psalm 12:6 it states, “The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” As Christians we believe that everything that the Bible teaches is true and while we do not have the original manuscripts, we have multiple excellent copies dating back to within a century or so of the life of Christ. The Bible is free of error and flaw and contains no contradictions; it is perfect. Additionally, the Bible is the ultimate rule of faith and practice; traditional Christianity flows from acceptance of the Bible as the inspired word of God since all doctrine is based on the clear teaching of Scripture. As Christians, we follow and live by the Holy Bible. We believe that only sixty-six books are canonical and those are the books that we read in the New Testament and the Old Testament. All of the scriptures found in the Bible had to go through something called a test of canonicity. There were six tests that were used to make sure that only the books put in the Bible were purely God breathed and had no

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