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The Importance Of Bibliology

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Bibliology

Bibliology at its simplest is the study of the Bible termed, The Bible, from a Greek word, Biblos, a Book, or the Holy Scriptures, which believers regard as the inspired word of God. Facts about the Bible, the number of books it contains (66), its many authors (about 40), over what time period it was written (1500-1600 years), over what geographic area (3 continents; Africa, Asia and Europe) and such like are good fundamental facts to know and memorize but these are of secondary importance. The matters of prime importance relates to the very nature of the Bible, its divine purpose and how we are to regard it in matters of morality and godly living.

One of the most important matters we need to know is whether the Bible is really God’s Word because if it is then it carries supreme authority and is necessarily relevant to our lives. And if it isn't then we can …show more content…

Only God and God alone can do this based on his omniscience and foreknowledge and these he has communicated through his prophets and they are recorded in the Bible. References are plentiful but see Isaiah 53: 1-12; Jeremiah 21: 1-14; Daniel 2:1-47.

Further internal evidence relates to the unity of the Bible in that it contains 66 individual books written by about 40 individual authors over a period of approximately 1600 years and yet the original manuscripts (the Old Testament was originally written in Hebrew and the New Testament in Koine Greek) are error free and totally united. There are no contradictions in the Bible and where there are ostensible contradictions then correct explanations and right understanding will soon dispel them. We are confident therefore that the Bible is inerrant and can be fully trusted as the Word of God.

Next let us observe the second source external to the

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