MIKE MAZZALONGO The Doctrine of Inspiration - Part 2 3.

MIKE MAZZALONGO

The Doctrine of Inspiration - Part

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Review

1. History of Writing

2. History of Books

3. Old Testament

Old Testament Division

Period Time Books

I. ANTE DELUVIAN 5000+ BC Genesis 1-8

II. POST DELUVIAN 3000 BC Genesis 9-11

III. PATRIARCHY 2000 BC Genesis 12-50 Job

IV. BONDAGE 1600 BC EXODUS 1-12

Old Testament Division

Period Time BooksV. CONQUEST 1400 BC Exodus 13-40

Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 1-10

Old Testament Division

Period Time BooksVI. UNITED KINGDOM

1000 BC 1 Samuel 11-31 2 Samuel 1 Kings 1-11 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Psalms Proverbs Song of Solomon Ecclesiastes

Old Testament Division

Period Time BooksVII. DIVIDED KINGDOM

800 BC 1 Kings 12-22 2 Kings 2 Chronicles 10-36 Isaiah Joel Amos Obadiah Nahum Habakkuk Jeremiah Zephaniah

Old Testament Division

Period Time BooksVIII. EXILE 600 BC Daniel

Ezekiel Lamentations

IX. RESTORATION 500BC Ezra Nehemiah Esther Haggai Zechariah Malachi

Old Testament Division

Period Time BooksX. SILENCE 400BC

TO JESUSi.e.

EsdrasJudith

Maccabees

Inspiration of the Bible

CANON - “KANON”“Measuring Rod”

Inspiration of the Bible

A. Apostles were aliveB. Abundance of materialC. Jesus’ second coming imminent

Events That Led to the Production of the N.T. Canon

1. Canon of Marcion

AD 140

2. Persecution

3. CODEX Form

Principles for Selection of Canon

1. Authorship- Luke Paul- Mark Peter- James Lords Brother

Principles for Selection of Canon

2.Value of BookUninspired Authors

- i.e. Acts of Peter

- i.e. Gospel of Thomas

Principles for Selection of Canon

3.CirculationThe Canon confirmed 300 years after first writings began to be circulated.

New Testament Division

1. The GospelsMatthew, Luke, Mark, John = 1

2. History - Acts = 1

New Testament Division

3. Pauline Epistles = 13Romans Colossians1-2 Corinthians 1-2 ThessaloniansGalatians 1-2 TimothyEphesians TitusPhilippians Philemon

New Testament Division

4. General Epistles = 8 Hebrews, 1-3 John,

James, Jude, I-II Peter

5.Prophecy - Revelation = 1

Total = 27

Translations

• Hebrew O.T.• Septuagint (70)

Translations

• KOINE (Common Greek)

• 5357 Greek Manuscripts today

• Latin Vulgate (Jerome)- 404 AD

Translations

• 1st English - 700 AD• John Wycliffe 1382• Gutenberg - 1452-5 (Latin

Vulgate)• William Tyndale 1526• King James 1611

Translations

• RSV - Revised Standard Version• ASV - American Standard Version• NASV - New American Standard

Version• NIV - New International Version• NLT - New Living Translation

Inspiration of the Bible

Percentage of error in modern translations = .01%

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