A good Bible Study Guide?

I am Christian-non-denominational, Church of Christ. I am looking for a study guide. I tend to learn better when study guides are set up like text books, have chapters and at the end of the chapter there is a set of study questions. Is there a biblical study guide like this out there?

A good Bible Study Guide?
Go to one of the following sites and enroll in a correspondence course.





"Truth for the World" has a series of courses you can take on-line.





"thebible.net" has several video courses that can be viewed.





"Apologetics Press" has several courses that emphasize the evidence for the existence of God, and that the Bible is His word.





"bible.ca" has courses and a lot more resources.





"Tabitha on the Web" is a site where you can sign up for a correspondence course to be mailed to you. You can also request a free DVD that has 6 lessons. The DVD is called "Searching for Truth".





"ScripturesSay.com" has courses you can sign up for and many articles that address "What does the Scripture say about ___?"





All of these sites offer free correspondence courses and these sites are sponsored by churches of Christ or members of the church of Christ.





I hope these are helpful. If you have a specific question, I will be glad to help. Also, if you wish, you can contact me and I can send you a course or other information.





You might also wish to ask the elders or preacher where you attend church. Most congregations have correspondance courses that you can study.





Also, ask them if they have the Jule Miller video series. This course gives an excellent overview of the Bible in 5 lessons. If you have never seen it, it is well worth your time!





Thank you for your desire to study and know more about God's word. Whatever study you use, however, be as those in Acts 17:11. Receive the word with eagerness and then search the Scriptures to make sure what you have been taught is true!
Reply:Maybe you should think of buying a Study Bible, that is a Bible with a study guide "built in" to it. I've had an NIV Study Bible before and it was helpful.
Reply:Moody Bible Institute has good ones. Anything by J.Vernon McGee Thru the Bible series( go to T.T.B. .com)
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Reply:The Languages Of The Bible








1. Were all the books of the Bible originally written in one language?


No, besides Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic were used.





2. What books were written in Hebrew?


Almost all the books of the Old Testament.





3. What books were written in Greek?


In the Old Testament, the Second Book of Machabees and the Book of Wisdom; in the New Testament, all books except the Gospel of St. Matthew.





4. What books were written in Aramaic?


The Gospel of St. Matthew.





5. When were the books of the Old Testament, that were originally written in Hebrew, translated into Greek?


About 220 years before Christ.





6. Why was the translation from Hebrew into Greek made?


Because the Jewish people was dispersed into countries where the Greek tongue predominated, and so it gradually forgot the mother tongue, speaking only Greek. Hence the wish to have the Bible in the Greek tongue.





The Septuagint Version





1. Who were the translators of the Old Testament?


The translators of the Old Testament were Jewish scholars well acquainted with both the Hebrew and the Greek languages.





2. By what name is this translation known?


It is known as the Septuagint Version.





3. Why is it called by that name?


It is called by that name because it was commonly supposed that seventy scholars were employed in the work of translating.





4. Was it known by any other name besides that of the Septuagint?


It was known as the Alexandrian Version to distinguish it from the Hebrew or Palestinian Version.





5. Why was it known as the "Alexandrian Bible?"


Because this translation was made in Alexandria, Egypt, which had the biggest and most vibrant Jewish community outside of Israel.





6. Is there any other difference between the Septuagint and the Palestinian version, besides their language?


Several; The Septuagint contains more books than the Palestinian version and is about three hundred years older. The Palestinian Version originated approximately around 106 A.D. and is different from the Hebrew texts that were the basis for the Septuagint translation.





7. Why does the Septuagint have more books than the Palestinian version?


The translators had a well-founded belief that these books were inspired.





8. Were these added books accepted by the Hebrews?


Yes, but only up until 106 A.D., when the Palestinian, known also as the pharisaic version, became the norm.





9. Was the Septuagint Version much in use in Our Lord's time?


It was used not only by the Greek-speaking Jews but also by the Palestinian Jews; Our Lord and the Apostles frequently quoted it.





10. Did this Greek translation of the Bible help to spread Christianity?


It helped very much, because Gentiles, particularly the Greek philosophers, had read it, and had knowledge of the prophecies referring to the Messiah, with the result that when St. Paul preached to them, many converts were made.








The Vulgate





1. Name again the languages of the Old Testament before the time of Christ.


Hebrew and Greek.





2. In what languages did the Apostles write their Gospels and Epistles?


They wrote their Gospels and Epistles in Greek, except St. Matthew, who wrote his Gospel in Aramaic.





3. How did translations in languages other than Hebrew and Greek come into existence?


As Catholicism spread among peoples of different languages, the demand for the Bible in their various languages grew.





4. Name some of the earlier languages into which the Bible was translated.


Armenian, Syrian, Coptic, Arabic, and Ethiopian.





5. Was the Bible translated into Latin?


Many translations into Latin were made during the early Catholic centuries.





6. Were these Latin translations satisfactory?


No; many inaccuracies existed, due to errors of the copyists, or errors of translation caused by a poor understanding of the original language.





7. Which of the Latin translations was the best known?


The best known Latin translation was either the "Old African" or the "Old Italian" (Vetus Itala).





8. What was the result of the general dissatisfaction with these Latin translations?


Pope Damasus (Pope from 366 to 384) commissioned St. Jerome to make a new and accurate translation.





9. How did St Jerome go about this work?


He studied carefully the Hebrew and Greek versions, and from these made his new translation.





10. By what name is the Latin translation of St. Jerome known?


It is known as the Vulgate Version. Vulgate means common or vulgar in Latin and it was called so because Latin was the common tongue of the Western Roman Empire.





11. Does the Vulgate have the Church's special approval?


The Council of Trent (Italy) in 1546 declared it to be the only authentic and official version for the Latin Rite: " The same Sacred and Holy Synod ... hereby declares and enacts that the same well-known Old Latin Vulgate edition ... is to be held authentic in public readings, disputations,sermons, and expositions, and that no one shall dare or presume to reject it under any pretense whatsoever." (DZ. 785). It is still the official Catholic Bible today.








The Douay Bible





1. Is there a Catholic translation of the Bible in English?


Yes, it is the translation known as the Douay-Rheims Version. It was translated from the Latin Vulgate.





2. Why is it called "Douay-Rheims"?


Because it was begun at Rheims and finished at Douay in 1582-1609 by a group of English priests exiled in France.





3. What happened in the sixteenth century to cause the publication of a reliable and accurate translation?


During the Protestant "Deformation" in England many false translations had been made, hence there was great necessity of placing in the hands of Catholics a reliable and accurate translation.





4. Is it true that the Bible was never translated into vernacular languages before the Protestant Deformation?


It is not true; the first translation known in England was the translation into Anglo-Saxon made by Venerable Bede in the eighth century. There is a Gothic translation, made by a certain bishop Ulfilas around 380. The first German translation predates Luther by a good fifty years.





5. Why do Protestants assert that the Bible was never translated before the Deformation?


Through a mixture of ignorance and bad faith.





6. What is the most well known of the false English Protestant translations?


It is the version called the "King James," named after the King who commissioned it in 1604. It was finished in 1611. It is still the most popular of the Protestant Bibles in the English speaking world.





7. What is wrong with the "King James" version?


Like all the Protestant Bibles, it is incomplete and poorly translated. It is a "Pick and choose" version. Such is the real lack of respect of the "Reformers" for the word of God!





Differences Between Catholic And Protestant Versions





1. Does the Catholic version of the Bible differ from Protestant versions?


Yes, in many ways.





2. What is the most noticeable difference?


The most noticeable difference is the absence of seven whole books and parts of two others from the Protestant versions.





3. What books are not contained in the Protestant version?


The Deutero-Canonical Books (See lesson 6).





4. Why are the Deutero-Canonical Books Omitted by Protestants?


Because the Protestant versions of the Bible follow the late Palestinian version of the Bible, which also omits these books (See lesson 8).





5. Name another difference between the Catholic and Protestant versions.


Many important arbitrary changes are found in the texts of the Protestant Bible. According to some scholars, the most popular Protestant Bibles have literally hundreds of mistranslations, additions and omissions.





6. To what do such changes of text lead?


They lead to an entirely different interpretation from the one intended by the Sacred Writer.





7. Give an example of this change of text.


St Paul says, "... Being therefore justified by Faith ..." (Rom. V, 1), and Luther inserted the word "alone" so that the text reads, "Being therefore justified by faith alone."





8. Why were the Reformers so anxious to change texts?


They were anxious to change texts to give force to the particular doctrine of their choice.





9. Should that behavior of the Reformers raise some questions in our mind?


Yes, what did they believe exactly concerning the Bible? Either they did not believe it was the Word of God, and therefore felt free to change it any which way; or if they did believe it was the Word of God, it took a lot of pride and presumption to correct God's word. In either case, they should be called "Deformers" rather than Reformers.





10. Name other differences between the King James version and the Douay version.


The King James version has a preference for words of Anglo-Saxon origin whereas the Douay version freely uses words of Latin origin. The Douay version latinizes the name of some books while the King James gives what they thought at the time to be the Hebrew name. Many Protestant versions other than King James omit the Epistle of St. James.





Source(s):


Latin Vulgate


Douay-Rheims Bible


A Catechism Of The Bible
Reply:I was also looking for this a while back, and I came across a site that has lots of good resources like this. I kept the url in my bookmarks:





http://educationresource.info/bible-degr...





The study guide was found on one of the links on that page, but I forget which one exactly. Hope this helps!