There is no single definition and meaning of the

Bible. Either a person defines it technically or

according to his/her personal conviction.
SO FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR DEFINITION.
 1. The Old Testament
2. The New Testament
The Old Testament: Total Number of Books
39 books = Protestants and other Churches
46 books = Roman Catholic Church

Apocrypha = “things that are hidden” (Greek word)

1. Tobit
2. Judith
3. The Wisdom of Solomon
4. Ecclesiasticus
5. Baruch
6. The First Book of Maccabees
7. The Second Book of Maccabees
Deuterocanonicals = second set of standard or accepted
books. *Deuterocanonico
 Example of versions officialllly use by the Roman Catholic
Church and the Protestant Church:

PROTESTANT CHURCH, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

OTHERS
 King James Version
 Revised Standard Version
 Geneva Bible.
 New International Version
 The Living Bible Catholic Ed.
 The New American Bible
 Revised Standard Version – Catholic Ed.
 Jerusalem Bible

Each version of the Bible has its own literary style that is
unique from the others.
 What is a canon?
A Greek word, referred to a “stalk of reed” that was used
to measure.

What do they measure in books/writings?

They measure the content, if the content
contains the truth.

How is the Canon related to the Bible?

There were many books written early scholars
about the Hebrew people and their God. Not all of
them contain the truth about them and their
relationship with the One God – Yahweh.

Applied to the Bible, Canon of Scriptures refers to the

standardized books being used, accepted, and
regarded by the Church to be sacred and
authoritative.