Description
Book SynopsisAn accessible non-fiction book introducing the holy book of the Christian faith. Part of the accessible and informative Keywords series.
Trade Review"Attractive RE non-fiction resources ideal for any school or class library. Teachers and children alike will love to delve into the beautiful content and there is certainly so much information included." -- Saima Saleh (Teacher and NATRE Exec and Local Groups officer)
Table of ContentsCONTENTS
What is the Bible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
What does “Bible” mean?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Who wrote the Bible? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
What is the Old Testament?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
How does the Bible begin?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Are there laws in the law books?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What are the history books?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
What happens next in the history books? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
What are the books of Wisdom?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Who were the prophets?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Why are some Bibles longer than others?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
What is the New Testament?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
What are the Gospels? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
What do we know about Jesus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
What happened after Jesus?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
How did Christians stay in touch? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Does the Bible describe heaven?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
What is the history of the Bible?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
How is the Bible used?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
What is the Bible’s message? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Bible references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
