MODULE 1: 

THE BIBLE: THE WORD

OF GOD CREATED
 Identify and
MODULE Explain the
History and
definition of the
OUTCOMES Bible
Recognize how the
old Testament and
New Testament was
formed
 MODULE 1 TOPICS

Topic 3: Old
TOPIC 1: The Topic 2: The
Testament and New
Definition of the History of the
Testament
Bible Bible
Creation

Topic 4: The
Finalization of
the Old Testament
and New Testament
Books
TOPIC 1: THE
DEFINITION OF THE
BIBLE
TOPIC 1: THE DEFINITION OF THE
BIBLE
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Explain Identify Recognize

Explain the Identify the Recognize the

basic different different
definition of books of the sections of
the Bible as a Old and New the Bible and
collection of Testament its content
books
What basic ideas do you
have about the Bible and how it came
to be?
What is the Bible?
THE BIBLE
• It is a collection of
books used by Christians.

• They believe that it is

through the Bible that God
speaks to men
THE BIBLE
• It comes from the Greek “biblia”
which means “little books”

• It is a library of 73 books
written by 40 authors for a
period of at least 1500 years. 
How is the Bible
divided?
The Bible is
divided into two
sections:
• The first part of the
Christian Bible
• The New Testament include
stories and teachings
about a new covenant
between God and Humanity
based on the Life of Jesus
Christ, The Son of God.
How many books are
there in the Bible?
The Roman Catholic
Canon based on the
Septuagint has 73 books

• Old Testament – 46 books

• New Testament – 27 books
The Protestant Canon based on
the Palestinian Canon has 66
books

• Old Testament – 39 books

• New Testament – 27 books
 What are the sections of the Old Testament?
Catholic Bibles Hebrew Bibles

•Torah or Pentateuch •The law (Torah)

•Historical books •The Prophets
•Wisdom books •The Writings
•The prophets
•Deutero-canonical
books
How is the New Testament divided?
The New Testament is divided in four main
sections:
a)Gospels
b)Acts
c)Letter or Epistles
d)Apocalyptic
Questions
• What are the first 5 books in the Old Testament?
• Name at least 5 books that is classified as historical
books based on Old Testament Catholic Canon?