tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28417373543073754822024-03-12T16:08:53.873-07:00St. Jerome Biblical Studies InstituteWho we are.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07297299715392880453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841737354307375482.post-91756479089352344442007-09-21T13:27:00.000-07:002007-09-21T18:07:55.761-07:00History of the Bible - Monday, Sept 24 - Session<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Outline of the History of the Bible</strong><br /></span><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Part One: Writing of the Bible</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">4000-3000</span></strong> BC Sumerians invent writing<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 2400 BC</strong></span> <em>Gilgamesh</em> - first written epic in world history written in Babylonia (deluge story)<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 1750 BC</strong></span> <em>Enuma Elish</em> - Babylonian Epic (creation story)<br /> The Codex of Hammurabi - First book of the law in Babylon<br /> Birth of Abraham (birth of oral stories about the patriarchs of the Hebrews in the land of Canaan<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 1275 BC</strong></span> Exodus form Egypt - The law of Moses<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 1000 BC</strong></span> David becomes the King of Israel - beginning of the writing of the history of Israel - "Chronicles of the Kings"<br /><strong><span style="color:#990000;">950BC</span></strong> Collection of proverbs, psalms, etc during the reign of Solomon<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>740 BC....587BC</strong></span> First writing prophets ministry in Israel & Judah: (Hosea, Micah, Isaiah 1-40, Zepehniah, Jeremiah, Ezekeil, Nahum, Habakkuk)<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>621 BC</strong></span> Religious Reforms of King Josiah - discovery of the Book of the Law in Jerusalem Temple (Deuteronomy ???)<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>587 - 538 BC</strong></span> Destruction of Jerusalem & Babylonian Exile<br />- collection, editing of Israel’s holy writings by priests & scribes<br />- creation of Pentateuch (Torah) in the present form with introductions (Genesis 1-11), genealogies, and division into five books.<br />- beginning of Jewish Synagogues where Holy Scriptures are read , commented on and studied.<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>550 BC</strong></span> - Isaiah 40-55<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 520 BC</strong></span> - Prophecies of Haggi, Zechariah 1-8, Obadiah<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 450 BC</strong></span> - Prophecies of Joel, Jonah, Malachi<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 350BC</strong></span> - Book of Esther ?<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 300 BC</strong></span> - Prophecy of Zechariah 9-14<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>300-150 BC</strong></span> - Wisdom Literature: Qoheleth, Wisdom, Sirah, etc<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>around 250 BC</strong></span> - Translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek: <strong>SEPTUAGINT</strong></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>1- 30 AD</strong></span> -<strong> LIFE AND MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRI</strong>ST</div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>200 BC- 200AD</strong></span> - The majority of Apocalyptic and Apocryphal Books are written<br /><span style="color:#990000;"><strong>49-92 AD</strong></span> - Writings of the <strong>NEW TESTAMENT<br /><span style="color:#990000;">95 AD</span></strong> - The Jewish Rabbis meet in Jamnia to establish the <strong>OLD TESTAMENT</strong></div><div align="left"><br />Until 4th century AD all books of the Old & New Testaments are written on individual <strong>SCROLLS</strong> made of Papyrus. From the 4th century BC the animal skins (pergamins) were used to write on and the skins were sown together which resembled in some way books.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Part Two: Copying, translating and transmitting of the Bible</strong></span></div><div align="left"><br />Scribes, rabbis (masora), literate slaves, and later on, monks were entrusted to faithfully copy the books of the Bible by hand - <strong>MANUSCRIPTS</strong></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>380-420 AD</strong></span> St. Jerome translates the New and then the Old Testament from original Greek & Hebrew into Latin: The <strong>VULGATE<br /><span style="color:#330099;">from 400 AD</span></strong> Translation & Coping of the Bible by monks in monasteries<br />Use of Lectio Divina as a way of reading, meditating and studying the Bible<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>around 500</strong></span> AD First attempts into translating the Bible into vernacular languages (languages used by various groups of Mediaeval Europe, North Africa & Asia): Gothic, Anglo- Saxon, Slavic (Cyril & Methodius), Coptic, Armenian, Syrian, etc<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1382</strong></span> Wycliffe Bible - First English translation of the whole Bible<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1456</strong></span> Invention of printing press by Jan Gutenberg<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1517</strong></span> Start of Reformation - Martin Luther<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1525</strong></span> Tyndale’s New Testament<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1535</strong></span> Coverdale Bible - First printed complete bible in English<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1537</strong></span> The Matthew’s Bible<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1539</strong></span> The Toverner’s Bible<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1539-41</strong></span> The Great Bible<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1557</strong></span> The Geneva Bible<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1568</strong></span> The Bishop’s Bible<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1582</strong></span> The Rheims-Douay Bible - The official Catholic Bible until Vatican II<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1604-1611</strong></span> The King James Authorised Version of the Bible - The first bible in English translated from original biblical languages; Hebrew & Greek</div><div align="left"><br /><em>KJAV Bible suppressed all the other Bibles in the British Empire until XX century. It is the best known and most widely used translation of the Bible in the English speaking world. One however has to remember that in other languages and other countries of Europe the VULGATE (Latin Bible) was official Bible but translations of this Bible into Vernacular: Polish, German, Slovak, French, Spanish, Portugeese, etc were approved and used by the catholic Church.</em></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1962-65</strong></span> Second Vatican Council<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1965</strong></span> <em>Dei verbum</em> - Councils document on Divine Revelation<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1962</strong></span> Revised Standard Version (RSV) updated King James version<br /><span style="color:#330099;"><strong>1989</strong></span> New Revised Standard Version. (The most accurate English translation up to date)<br />Early 1980's First Bibles appear on Computer software and then Internet<br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#330099;"><strong>2007</strong></span> <em>95% of the people in the world can read the Bible (some books or the whole) in their own languages. The complete Bible exists in 429 different languages and New Testament in 1145 languages of the world.</em></div>Who we are.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07297299715392880453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841737354307375482.post-43563397593265460202007-09-14T15:37:00.000-07:002008-12-10T19:25:03.004-08:00One Night with a King - Special Movie Show<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbLrx0Lf6DNPIc3QP6Ep8QzH2uFp9Gv_vB2TfXcnucl1yC7MVvpEJm_AeHnjpn51XKlUKVD5NDxGCeWv5HvNI9z7G6gWpmwCasQ4XZL1mFIlUVZrY7B4Udo3OF7z6kSd9Jy3OVW9eHnQR/s1600-h/Esther.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110193075764970386" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbLrx0Lf6DNPIc3QP6Ep8QzH2uFp9Gv_vB2TfXcnucl1yC7MVvpEJm_AeHnjpn51XKlUKVD5NDxGCeWv5HvNI9z7G6gWpmwCasQ4XZL1mFIlUVZrY7B4Udo3OF7z6kSd9Jy3OVW9eHnQR/s320/Esther.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz3kqq5jl596yyTQ9MldRYgWi55hYslFG7G6SgPAGfMWIdgS1AjepFOS_AFaUDbkUi_WZiN2QQxMf0yFKQTtfgjaYaqUjUj1Nz5-P0EOO5tW_xSLswTpLa8kwwAdM3M6yku7ACJ27JEFF/s1600-h/Esther+2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110192951210918786" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCz3kqq5jl596yyTQ9MldRYgWi55hYslFG7G6SgPAGfMWIdgS1AjepFOS_AFaUDbkUi_WZiN2QQxMf0yFKQTtfgjaYaqUjUj1Nz5-P0EOO5tW_xSLswTpLa8kwwAdM3M6yku7ACJ27JEFF/s320/Esther+2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>On Monday, September 17, 2007 there will be no regular Bible Study Session because of the Independence Day - public holiday in St. Kitts but<span style="font-size:130%;"> all are invited to see a movie based on the little known Book of Esther in the Old Testament</span>. Film is an action movie and very entertaining as well as informative and reflective. It will be shown on a big screen in the Co-Cathedral on Monday, Sept 17 at 7.00p.m. Admission Free. Come and bring your friend</div></div>Who we are.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07297299715392880453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841737354307375482.post-76098672752690185162007-09-10T14:34:00.000-07:002008-12-10T19:25:03.879-08:00September 2007 Course: Introduction to The Bible<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLG6_uRjuJjySUCDwJKvu9H4H7rLQfkWgfjQO-qPRNbJSStp1RM7L7wAGX31SPS_iVUCnexwnFlA0D1yjNsed_EjIJ4_ngGBqnFqveNfJmTf_W8Ruwi3njNuy232nMA-tJZl8t8sfbUxvS/s1600-h/816.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108694003167943106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="159" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLG6_uRjuJjySUCDwJKvu9H4H7rLQfkWgfjQO-qPRNbJSStp1RM7L7wAGX31SPS_iVUCnexwnFlA0D1yjNsed_EjIJ4_ngGBqnFqveNfJmTf_W8Ruwi3njNuy232nMA-tJZl8t8sfbUxvS/s200/816.gif" width="165" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Monday, September 3, at 7.30p.m. - <span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>What is the Bible?</strong></span></div><br /><div>Monday, September 10, at 7.30p.m. - <span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>History of the Bible</strong></span></div><br /><div>Monday, September 17 - <em><strong>Public Holiday - no class!!!</strong></em></div><br /><div>Monday, September 24 - <span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>Studying, Praying & Teaching the Bible</strong></span></div>Who we are.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07297299715392880453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2841737354307375482.post-22275528240347756042007-03-31T19:40:00.000-07:002008-12-10T19:25:04.140-08:00Biblical Sabbath & Christian Sunday - Weekned Course - April 13-14, 2007<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWOjApWj1Q7Y8iKY6IPM8m4nleA1ffTXuQDLc0wbctYwbK0jcXfENrM1YIpTOISUek3lW_cvTPA8JlGrQyEmrfx_hoL0UaZPrnFPKyRiwM4DC0S2KoyZVI_6GKXBIoQGndFqXUWFLPk9H/s1600-h/HavdallahSml.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048286441162654082" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWOjApWj1Q7Y8iKY6IPM8m4nleA1ffTXuQDLc0wbctYwbK0jcXfENrM1YIpTOISUek3lW_cvTPA8JlGrQyEmrfx_hoL0UaZPrnFPKyRiwM4DC0S2KoyZVI_6GKXBIoQGndFqXUWFLPk9H/s320/HavdallahSml.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>The <span style="font-size:130%;color:#333399;">St. Jerome Biblical Studies Institute</span> is organizing a weekend course on the "Biblical Sabbath & Christian Sunday" on the weekend of 13 & 14 of April. All interested persons should register with Fr. Bernard.</div><br /><div>The weekend will start on Friday at 6.00p.m. (April 13) with a short exposition of the Jewish traditions about the Sabbath. 7.30p.m. <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#330099;">Jewish Sabbath Meal</span></strong> - experience how Jewish people celebrate the opening of the Sabbath.</div><br /><div>Saturday morning (April 14) from 9.00a.m. until noon (12.00p.m) - <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#660000;"><em>The Sabbath Commandment(s) in the Bible</em>. </span></strong></span></div><br /><div>Noon until 5.00p.m. Sabbath Rest</div><br /><div>5.00-7.00p.m. -<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> </strong><span style="color:#006600;"><em><strong>Why not Saturday(</strong>sabbath<strong>) but Sunday (</strong>the Lord's Day<strong>)?</strong></em></span></span></div><div><strong><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"></span></em></strong></div><div><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#663366;"><strong>Registration: $25</strong> (which includes Kosher sabbath evening meal - on Friday; and light lunch on Saturday)</span></em></div>Who we are.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07297299715392880453noreply@blogger.com0