How We Got the Bible - CD-ROM

The Bible has been copied, translated, and reprinted across thousands of years—causing many to question the Bible’s reliability and the accuracy of Bible translation. Can you trust the Bible’s accuracy?

Packed with simple summaries, stunning photos, and easy-to-read illustrations, this ready-to-use PowerPoint provides a simple overview of the Bible’s entire history. With its easy-to-read timelines, you can cover over 3,500 years of Bible history at a glance!

Enjoy seeing key information on Bible history at a glance, including—

• People who risked their lives to write, print, and distribute the Bible (such as Moses, Wycliffe, and Luther)
• 10 reasons to believe in the accuracy of Scripture
• Important archaeological findings (such as the Dead Sea Scrolls)
• Why we have so many English translations (Easily compare 20 Bible translations at a glance)

4 Key Features of How We Got the Bible PowerPoint

1. Easy-to-Understand Overview of Bible History, Bible Reliability, and Bible Translations

Enjoy having a concise overview of the Bible’s entire history at your fingertips. With the click of a mouse, teach your class or study group what biblical reliability means in a visual and easy-to-understand presentation packed with key events and people to deepen your understanding of the history of the Bible:

• Key people including Wycliffe, Tyndale, Gutenberg, and Erasmus
• The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Vulgate, the King James Bible, and today’s modern translations
• Ancient methods and materials used by ancient scribes to hand copy the Bible accurately
• A time line and explanation of how we got the Bible in English

2. Answers Key Questions, including How Can We Trust the Bible’s Reliability?

The Bible is the most widely read document, guiding the morals, spirituality, and lives of countless people. How can we know that the truth of God’s Word has been preserved without error? This history of the Bible PowerPoint uses over 140 slides of charts, time lines, and illustrations to discover why we can trust the accuracy of the Bible. It covers 10 reasons to believe in the Bible’s reliability, including the fact that Jewish scribes developed intricate word-and letter-counting methods to ensure the accuracy of every written copy.

3. See Fascinating Facts at a Glance on Bible History at a Glance

Boost your Bible I.Q. with these fascinating facts and much more when you easily scroll through the 3,500-year time line that’s packed with incredible events. For example, the text of the Bible is better preserved than the writing of Plato or Aristotle.

4. Features Reproducible Handouts and Worksheet on Bible History

How We Got the Bible teacher notes and reproducible worksheets, on the CD-ROM at PDF files, include:

• How We Got the Bible PowerPoint Overview Notes and handouts
  • Useful charts and diagrams
  • Study questions
  • Discussion questions
  • A helpful quiz on the important people in Bible-making history
• The origin and growth of the Bible
  • A chart of translations beginning with original manuscripts, 1500 BC - AD 100 through modern translations used today
• What the Bible was written on
  • A handy fact sheet covering the various forms of the Bible, from the clay tablets of the Old Testament to God’s Word, printed and bound today!

How We Got the Bible PowerPoint reveals dozens of authors, scribes, and linguists who were used by God to write and translate the Scriptures, including:

• Ezra
• Jerome
• Bede
• Alfred the Great
• John Wycliffe
• Erasmus
• Martin Luther
• William Tyndale
• Miles Coverdale
• King James I (and committee)

Perfect for individual study, discipleship, small group or Sunday school class, Christian school, homeschoolers, new believer’s class, church library, and more!