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Understanding the Bible: Sixth Edition, 6/e
Stephen Harris, California State University--Sacramento
The Bible – An Overview

Chapter Objectives

What you will learn in this chapter:

  • What the Bible is
  • Differences between the Hebrew Bible (Tanak) and the Christian Old Testament, and the distinctions between Catholic and Protestant understandings of the Old Testament
  • What canon is and how Jews and Christians determined what books would be in the Bible
  • How the Bible was transmitted down to the present day
  • The complexities surrounding translation of the Bible (and the differences among different English translations)
  • The origins and practice of modern biblical scholarship









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