The Nature of the Bible

The Bible contains 66 books written by about 40 different authors over a period of around 1,600 years.

What’s so remarkable about that?

The authors came from a variety of different professions and backgrounds and spoke languages ranging from Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek yet none of them contradicted each other over an array of issues and topics.

Even though the last book was written around 90 AD, so many Greek manuscripts and fragments of the New Testament are still available that we can be assured that accuracy has been preserved. Moreover, in 1947 the Dead Sea Scrolls discovery produced fragments of every Old Testament book except Esther and they all attest that what we have today is virtually unchanged from the original. Despite many attempts throughout history to destroy the Bible, it has survived intact.

No other book on faith – or anything else for that matter – can match these achievements.

You can read much more on The Nature of the Bible HERE and it is the first lesson of an Ariel Ministries Discipleship Course.

Dr Arnold Fruchtenbaum of Ariel Ministries has put together a fantastic and free teaching resource for people interested in knowing more about the Bible and God’s ultimate plans for this world. There is a wealth of solid information in written printable format backed up by hours of audio lessons with a quiz after each subject is completed. It takes some time to complete but you can go at your own pace and it is well worth the effort.

You can learn more about the Discipleship Course HERE.

And you can commence it HERE.