BOOKS OF THE BIBLE wisdom of human life, as well as a

wonderful treasury of prayers;in them,

OLD TESTAMENT too, the salvation is
mystery of our
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presentina hidden way.

"Testament":agreement
:
covenant Catechism of the Catholic Church 112

Dei Verburn 15
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God has a
partner or aspecific person
in His mission The OldTestamentcollection is composed
of prophecies
-
refers to the several
agreements made by
-
"Kristocentric":focuses on the coming
God with His chosen Christ
of
people,
mediated by Moses
-
(whom the laws the
of Cannotabolish the Old Testament
Lordwere given to Israel) -serves as the foundation of the New Test.

collection of books (different literary genre) ament (finds light in the Old Testament)
↑expressing how the chosen people experienc
ced the work God OLD
DIVISIONS OF THE
saving of

AKA "Hebrew scriptures" TESTAMENT

·
refers to the collective written tradition Carrangedby Category
of the Israelites TORAH
:
"Theocratic"individuals:Old Testament -
"The law"

people (follows 613 laws -

Pentateuch:"five containers"

Economy of the OldTestamentwas deli--revered by the Jews as the most sacred

-

berately so oriented all writings.

of

·
prepare for anddeclare in tangible manifestation of God's divine
prophecy
-

the I redeemer of guidance in their earthly pilgrimage.

coming of Christ

all men)
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This section is also called "Pentateuch"
contains matters imperfect and provisi-
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On0 made up five books
of of Moses):
-books of the Old Testament bear withe
"
↑
GENESIS "Inthe beginning

so to the whole divine pedagogy

"
EXODUS central event

God's saving
of love ↓
LEVITICUS way of life laws
-
DEVITERONOMY

These writing are storehouse of sub- · NUMBERS

lime teaching on God and ofsound -

openedfor public reading

 HISTORICAL BOOKS MAJOR PROPHETS

tells the of the chosen Isaiah

story
↑
-

people as they
suffering
strived to live the ~Jeremiah + Lamentations Baruch
provisions of their core- prophet

God
o
Ezekiel
with
nant

Often to the "Daniel

they unfaithful covenant.
-

were

-highlights the fidelity of God, who was firm THEMES:

in his conductof justice but

abounding
↑
Faithfulness to God

in love and mercy despite the people's justice for the poor andthe oppressed
↑
The Messiah
disobedience. coming ofthe

they worship idols while waiting for

MINOR PROPHETS
Moses (particularlyGold- the Golden

(D) f) ~Obadiah shortest

collection: ↑ Jonah "The Fish"

>JOSLUD - Zephaniak
↑ 1 and 2 Samuel son Hannah
of · Hosed

-Ezvd Micah

-
Judith ·
Haggai
·
Judges Debrah, Samson, Gideon "Joel

~
1 and 2
kings Sol, David, so lomon ~
Nahum

·
Nehemian "
Zechariah A priest
↓
Esther .
AMOS Social justice

-
Ruth ·
Habakkuk
~
1 and a chronicles > Malachi

- Tobit

~1 and2 Maccabees Doctrine Purgatory

of THE WRITINGS / WISDOM LITE -

RATURE

PROPHETIC BOOKS -source for our reflection

Prophecy is the recognized modes of As the reflected human life in

-

among Israelites on

revelation in Israel. the lightoftheir faith, they composed:

-

The Prophets helped the Israelites to see

~
prayers

events as signs pointing towards God ~

poems

#
warn the people on the consequences
·
hymns
~

of their infidelity to the covenant. saying s

↓
↑
parables

↑callingpeopleforconvo
ten

to and
express their religious insights onthe life
diff, things thataffect humanity.
COLLECTIONS:

+50D reliedon the providence ofGod THE GOSPELS

Psalms longest: King David Attributed to the evangelists
~
four
-

↑Proverbs quotation collaborative work the Christians

of early
"
Ecclesiates -
Faith accounts or testimonies (life of Christ

king solomon
·
wisdom with his apostles)
"song of songs Evangelist:writers of the Gospels
(Ecclesiasticys)
↑
Sirach Matthew

I
-

SYNOPTIC
↑ Mark
GOSPELS
·
the title OldTestamentdoes ↓
Luke
not
imply
·
obsolete. John symbolic and theological
~
An affirmation "God's firstlove"for
of
synoptic Jospels:same storyline
Israel
·
God revealed himself to humanity, he had THE ACTS THE APOSTIES
OF
to start Historical Narrative
with a
ofpeople-the
group

Israelites. Longestbook the

of New Testament
·
This love universalized with the St. Luke
was written by
coming Christ (mediates the "new describes the life church
of of the early
-

and
everlasting covenant") Pentecost:birth of the church
-

-
build Christian
of communities

The New Testament

is the -
fulfillment life St. Paul
of St. Luke as his disciple)
of the Old
THE PAULINE LETTERS
One wouldnotappreciate the fulfillment.The Pauline Epistles attric
are
writings
if one know the
does not promise. buted to St. Paul

-Teacher of the Law;Jewish rabbi

1/ persecutor of Christians
some written
writings by
-

were not

NEW TESTAMENT him butby Christians who used

St. Paul's as their
teachings source

AKA "Christian Scriptures" contains:

-
-

"The Gospels ~teachings

~
The Acts of the Apostles ~
instruction
"The Pauline letters "exhortations
"The Catholic Epistles ·
admonitions
*
The Book ofRevelation addressed to particular persons or Christian
communities.
 conversion St. Paul OLD NEW
January 25: of
COVENANT COVENANT
GENUINE DOUBTFULLY NOT

NRITTEN written
WRITINGS WRITINGS
GENUINE on stone engravedin our

1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians Titus tablets he arts

Galatians colossians 1
Timothy
Philippians Ephesians 2 service brought service leads to
Timothy
1 Corinthians Hebrews death and cond- life andfrees one

2 Corinthians emnation. from being condemned

Romans

Philemon The covenantmade

The covenant in

with Moses had come Jesus is to last

CATHOLIC EPISTLES to an end forever

"Catholic":Universal
contents are more or less similar in natu. PRAYING WITH THE SCRIPTURES
re to the Pauline Epistles. -Lectio Divina "Divine Reading"
Addressedto all Christians
~
method involving
prayer the
-

of

Pauline letters addressed to particular reading sacred scripture

of

communities.
·
Bible Study
APOSTIES: -

Four steps:
+James >
Reading
~ 1 and 2 Peter x Meditation

o
1.2 and 5 John Beloved apostle a
prayer
↑ Jude ↓
Contemplation

REVELATION (APOCALYPSE) BIBLICAL EXEGESIS

Attributedto John (Evangelist
-

St.

contains
visionary and mystical rever. EXECESIS: CK. "ex-ago-sis"
"to lead
lation (Apocalypse)
"
outof

Lastbook in the Bible In-depth study of Sacred Scriptures

Christianity's hope process drawing
of outthe
meaning a
of

REVELATION
BOOK OF / APOCALYPSE): text

written around year 90 A.D.

-

Interpretation that comes from the text

immediate transformation of the world, use ofother sources

destructionofall evil Whatthe

andestab. text
says
-

powers
lishmentof Christ's reign.
 EISEGESIS:OK. "eis"
"in+ 0"

~
The process of putting ones own

meaning into the text

Interpretation placedon the whi

text
-

Ch the textitself
did no mean.

Experiential
·

HOW I understand the text