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The First Books The writing of the books of the Bible actually began around the 1660s B.C. when Job penned the work named after him. Sometime later Moses wrote the first five manuscripts we commonly find in modern translations during the period the children of Israel wandered the wilderness for forty years after the Exodus.
Several books claim to be the Gospel of the Birth of Mary, the infancy of Jesus Christ, Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate) and Peter's lost gospel. Additionally, there are writing that claim to be the Epistle of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa, Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans, Paul the Apostle to Seneca, Barnabas, Polycarp to the Philippians ...
The final section of the Bible, called the Writings (or Psalms), contained the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, plus Ezra and Nehemiah (one manuscript), along with 1Chronicles and 2Chronicles (one manuscript).
We use quotes from a variety of translations in our materials such as the King James Version, New King James Version, New International Version and many others. We also frequently use the Holy Bible, a Faithful Version (HBFV) since we find it to be one of the most accurate translations of God's word. Our Motto
The Bible books named after Job, Ruth, Esther, the three major prophets (Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah), the ten minor prophets (Amos, Habakkuk, Haggai, Hosea, Joel, Jonah, Malachi, Micah, Nahum, Obadiah, Zechariah, and Zephaniah), along with Nehemiah and Daniel, were each written by the person after which the section is named.
The phrase "book of life" is found only eight times, in eight verses, in the Bible. These occurrences are all found in the New Testament. Only one is written by the Apostle Paul (Philippians 4:3) while the remaining seven book references are recorded by John (Revelation 3:5, 8, 17:8, 20:12, 15, 21:27 and 22:19).
The Bible records, after Timothy was ordained to serve by Paul and church brethren (1Timothy 4:14, 2Timothy 1:6), he ministered in at least five New Testament churches (1Thessalonians 3:1 - 2, 1Corinthians 4:17, Philippians 2:19 - 22, Acts 17:14 and 1Timothy 1:3). Timothy accompanied Paul on most of his second journey travels after he left Lystra.
The early church father Eusebius included the Gospel of Thomas among a group of books that he considered "the fictions of heretics." Books such as Tobit, Judith, Enoch, Jubilees and St. Thomas, while they might be interesting to read, should not be considered some of God's divine revelations to man and therefore not taken too seriously.
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The famine mentioed in Ruth is one of at least sixteen recorded in the Bible (Genesis 12, 26, 41, Ruth 1, 2Samuel 21, 1Kings 18, 2Kings 4, 6, 8, 25, Nehemiah 5, Jeremiah 14, Joel 1, Acts 11, Matthew 24 and Revelation 6). Outline of the Book of Ruth. Questions and Answers on Ruth