Summary of Robert L. Plummer's 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible

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#1 To sum up the question, what is the difference between the Bible and other sacred texts. The answer is: The Bible is the Word of God. If you know that, you are halfway to understanding why Jesus said, He who does not listen to me [God] cannot have eternal life (John 5:24). The Old Testament prophets spoke God’s Word to the people of Israel. God used a series of human authors to write down His Word. The author of the Old Testament books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel all lived around the same time. So, there is a fairly close connection between their books and the life, ministry, and teachings of Jesus Christ. The New Testament reflects the life and ministry of Jesus Christ himself. It was written by many different authors over a period of about thirty years. The books were also assembled into a final form around 100 AD. So, there is no single author or editor who can be identified as being behind every book that appears in the New Testament. So, when we look at the Bible, we see that it is the work of many human authors and editors who were each inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what they wrote.

#2 The Bible is the Word of God. It was written by many different authors and editors who were each inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what they wrote. The Bible itself is a collection of sixty-six smaller books, or literary works, which claim the Holy Spirit as the ultimate authority and safeguard behind their writing.

#3 The Bible is the Word of God. It was written by many different authors and editors who were each inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what they wrote. The Bible itself is a collection of sixty-six smaller books, or literary works, which claim the Holy Spirit as the ultimate authority and safeguard behind their writing.

#4 The Bible is the Word of God. It was written by many different authors and editors who were each inspired by the Holy Spirit to write what they wrote. The Bible itself is a collection of sixty-six smaller books, or literary works, which claim the Holy Spirit as the ultimate authority and safeguard behind their writing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Sep 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350029499

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Insights on Robert L. Plummer's 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The first question is meant for those who have little to no knowledge of the Christian Bible. It is important to start here because there will be some people who come across this book who have little to no knowledge of the Christian Scriptures.

#2

The Bible is a collection of writings that Christians consider uniquely inspired and authoritative. It is a compilation of sixty-six smaller books, produced by men of various historical time periods, backgrounds, personalities, and cultures.

#3

The Bible is meant to bring people to receive the forgiveness of God in Christ and eternal life in relationship with the triune God. It is not an end in itself.

#4

The Bible explains the origin of the universe, why there is sin, disease, and death, and that God will send a Messiah who will defeat death and Satan. The Bible also promises that God will send a worldwide blessing flowing forth from the Jews at a future time.

#5

There are many functions of the Bible, including the conviction of sin, correction and instruction, spiritual fruitfulness, perseverance, joy, and delight. The Bible is the ultimate authority for the Christian in terms of behavior and belief.

#6

The Old Testament was written by forty different authors over a thousand-year span, from around 1400 B. C. to around A. D. 90. The New Testament was written in Greek, the lingua franca of its day, though it contains a few transliterated Aramaic and Latin words.

#7

The Bible’s purpose is to bring people into a saving relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Have you been saved. How do you know.

#8

The Bible is the best way to learn about the Bible. Read it for yourself and study the translations that you choose to read.

#9

The first three-fourths of the Bible is called the Old Testament. It was written between 1400 B. C. and 430 B. It includes thirty-nine books in the Hebrew language. The New Testament is the twenty-seven inspired books that came from Jesus’ apostles and their companions.

#10

The Christian Old Testament is made up of five books: the books of Moses, or the Law. After that, however, the order changes noticeably. The last book in the Hebrew Bible is 2 Chronicles.

#11

The New Testament is made up of four Gospels, thirteen letters written by Paul, and the Revelation or Apocalypse of John, which is a mixture of letters, prophecy, and apocalypse.

#12

The practice of including multiple literary works within a single book is not widely attested until the second century A. D. Prior to this time, most books in the Bible would have circulated as individual scrolls.

#13

The chapter divisions in the Old and New Testament were added by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury in the early thirteenth century, while he was lecturing at the University of Paris. They were inserted in modified form to the Hebrew text by Salomon ben Ishmael around A. D. 1330.

#14

The Ben Asher verse divisions are based on the versification standardized by the Ben Asher family around A. D. 900. The Geneva Bible of 1560 was the first English Bible to have verse divisions.

#15

The Bible is based on covenants between God and humanity. When you view it this way, you will see how the chapters and verse divisions in the Bible originated.

#16

The New Testament was originally written in Greek, and most of it was collected into a single book by the early Church. The book of Galatians was the first to be collected, and it was probably placed before Ephesians as a frontispiece