A podcast that offers you an opportunity to deepen your appreciation of the different writings that make up our Bible. The focus of this first set of podcasts is the Acts of the Apostles. Our second focus is the Gospel According to Mark. Other podcasts on other books and writings of the First ("Old") and Second ("New") Testament will follow.
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A podcast that offers you an opportunity to deepen your appreciation of the different writings that make up our Bible. The focus of this first set of podcasts is the Acts of the Apostles. Our second focus is the Gospel According to Mark. Other podcasts on other books and writings of the First ("Old") and Second ("New") Testament will follow.
Here we look at the "Canon" of the First and Second Testaments, that is, how the collection of writings came about, what's been included and later additions to the First Testament written in Greek (called the "Deuterocanonical" or "Apocraphal").
Decision for the First Testament collection ("Tanak") occurred in late first century CE, as reflected in liturgy and teachings. There are 39 books:
The Law (Torah)
The Prophets: (Nebiim), Former and Later Prophets, and Twelve Prophets.
Writings (Kethubim)
Greek OT writings considered "deuterocanonical or apocryphal writings" (included in Catholic and Orthodox traditions): Tobit, Judith, 1&2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus and Baruch.
Second Testament (27 writings): Gospels, Paul's letters, later writings and Book of Apocalypse, agreed upon in the Council of Trent (1545-1563 CE)
Befriending the Bible
A podcast that offers you an opportunity to deepen your appreciation of the different writings that make up our Bible. The focus of this first set of podcasts is the Acts of the Apostles. Our second focus is the Gospel According to Mark. Other podcasts on other books and writings of the First ("Old") and Second ("New") Testament will follow.
