INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE.

 

The greatest treasure any nation can have is the Bible in its mother-tongue.

God has bestowed favor on the English-speaking nations of the world by giving them a Bible in English.

We would doubtless have been poorer were it not for this treasure. The influence of the Bible on the lives

of the English-speaking nations of the world would be very difficult to assess.

Therefore it is important for us to know as much as possible about this BOOK in order to acquaint ourselves

with its contents.

But before we can make a thorough study of Biblical Introduction we must first look at important statistics,

the divisions, abbreviations and the different people who wrote the Bible books.

The Bible consists of 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament and the other 27 in the New Testament.

These books have been written by about 36 different authors over a period of more or less 1600 years.

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘Bible’? Perhaps you think of a huge, heavy book found at the

front of a church.