The Truth about the Bible
What is the Bible?
Is the Bible really the Word of God?
The Truth about the Bible—Books of the Bible Surveys
Bibliology — What is it?
Why should I believe the Bible?
Is the Bible reliable?
Is the Bible true?
Is the Bible just mythology? How can I know?
Does the Bible need to be demythologized? What is meant by demythologization?
How do we know the Bible is not just a fairy tale?
Did the Bible copy other religious myths, legends, and traditions?
How do we know which book - The Bible, the Apocrypha, the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon, etc. - is the Word of God?
The purpose of the Bible — What is it?
How is the Bible inspired? What does it mean for the Bible to be inspired?
Are the translations of the Bible inspired?
What proof do we have for the inspiration of the Bible?
What theories are there of biblical inspiration?
What is Verbal Plenary Preservation?
Was the Bible transmitted by oral tradition?
Who wrote the Bible?
How long did it take to write the Bible?
Are there errors in the Bible?
Are only the original manuscripts of the Bible inerrant?
Is belief that the Bible is inerrant a requirement to be saved?
What does it mean for the Bible to be infallible? What is biblical infallibility?
Is it possible to prove the infallibility of the Bible?
Does the translation process affect the inspiration, inerrancy, and infallibility of the Bible?
What is the canon of the Bible and how did we get it?
The canon of Scripture - What is it?
What determines canonicity or that a particular book is considered scriptural? How do we decide which books belong in the Bible since the Bible doesn't tell us?
What is the preservation of the Bible? Is the doctrine of preservation biblical?
In what way is the Bible self-authenticating? How is self-authentication different from circular reasoning?
Could more books be added to the Bible?
When were the books of the Bible divided into chapters and verses? Who did the dividing?
How old is the Bible?
What do people mean when they say the Bible is our sole authority for faith and practice?
Why isn't the Bible chronological? How are the books of the Bible arranged?
Why are there so many Bible translations?
What are the different English Bible translations?
What Bible translation should I use?
Why are verses missing in some of the newer translations of the Bible?
The Comma Johanneum — What is it? What is the original wording of 1 John 5:7-8?
Should gender-inclusive language be used in Bible translations?
Does the Bible have different names and titles?
What does the word bible mean?
Why do people refer to the Bible as the Holy Bible?
I want to start reading the Bible. Where should I begin?
Why is the Bible hard to understand?
Why does understanding the Bible matter?
Why is not reading the Bible dangerous?
Why should we study the Bible?
What does "sola scriptura" mean?
What does "prima scriptura" mean?
What does "tota scriptura" mean?
What is meant by the sufficiency of Scripture? How is the Bible sufficient?
Is the Bible still relevant today?
What sort of influence should the Bible have on society?
Applying the Bible — How can I do it in my life?
Which parts of the Bible apply to us today? How can we know?
Is there a proper way to study the Bible?
How do exegesis and eisegesis differ?
What principles are used in biblical exegesis?
Why is context so important in studying the Bible? What is wrong with looking at verses out of context?
Is it ever okay to use a single verse of Scripture out of its context?
Is Bible memorization important? Why?
What are some tips to help me memorize Bible verses?
What is biblical illumination?
Biblical hermeneutics — What is it?
What is biblical literalism?
What are some good Bible study methods?
Is group Bible study worthwhile?
Inductive Bible study — What is it?
Deductive Bible study — What is it?
How can doing a word study be helpful in understanding the Bible?
The law of first mention — What is it?
What is a Bible scholar?
Are study Bibles helpful? What is a study Bible?
What is a Bible concordance and how can it be used?
What is Strong's Exhaustive Concordance?
What are the biblical weights and measures in modern terms?
Textualism — What is it?
How can knowing Greek and Hebrew be helpful when studying the Bible?
What is dynamic equivalence in Bible translation?
Should the Bible be interpreted literally?
Are Bible miracles literal events?
What is the basic timeline of the New Testament?
What is the basic timeline of the Old Testament?
What are the differences between the Old and New Testaments?
Why should we read the Old Testament?
Why is knowing about the various characters in the Bible important?
What is the importance of genealogies in the Bible?
What is the Story of The Law Books in the Old Testament?
What is the Story of the History Books in the Old Testament?
What is the Story of Kings and Chronicles?
What is the Pentateuch?
What is the Torah?
What is the Neviim? How are the 'prophetic books' classified in the Hebrew Bible?
What are the Writings? What is the Ketuvim?
What is the Jewish Talmud?
What is the Mishnah?
What is the Midrash?
The Septuagint — What is it?
Has the Bible been corrupted, changed, or tampered with?
The Synoptic Gospels — What are they?
When were the Gospels written?
Which gospel was written first?
Why are there four Gospels instead of one?
Do the four Gospels present a different message of salvation than the rest of the New Testament?
What is the meaning of God-breathed in reference to the Bible?
The rhema word — What is it?
What does it mean that the Word of God will not return void?
Did the authors of the New Testament view their writing as inspired Scripture?
Is God/the Bible sexist?
Why do women seem to have a small role in the Bible?
Do biblical references to men, mankind, brothers, etc., include women?
Does the original Bible exist today? What are some of the oldest manuscripts of the Bible currently in existence?
Form criticism — What is it?
Generic criticism — What is it?
Ideological criticism — What is it?
Narrative criticism — What is it?
Redaction criticism and higher criticism — What are they?
Source criticism — What is it?
What is textual criticism?
What did Westcott and Hort have to do with the text of the Bible? Who were Westcott and Hort?
Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus — What are they?
The Critical Text — What is it?
The Dead Sea Scrolls - What are they and why do they matter?
The Latin Vulgate Bible — What is it?
What is the Gutenberg Bible?
The Majority Text — What is it?
The Masoretic Text — What is it?
The Textus Receptus — What is it?
The documentary hypothesis — What is it?
JEDP Theory - What is it?
What is the Synoptic Problem?
Is there harmony in the Gospels? What is the harmony of the Gospels?
The Q Gospel — What is it? If there was a Q Gospel would that make the Synoptic Gospels less valid?
What is meant by Aramaic Primacy? Is Aramaic the original language of the New Testament?
The Peshitta — What is it?
What methods help us figure out when the books of the Bible were written?
Is it important to believe in biblical inerrancy? Why?
How does the Bible use symbolism?
Biblical typology — What is it?
Are colors in the Bible significant?
The beatitudes — What are they?
What are some things people commonly think are in the Bible that really aren't?
Who was the King James of the King James Version of the Bible?
What are some of the English words used in the KJV that have changed in meaning since it was translated?
What is the KJV only movement? Should we only use the King James Version of the Bible?
Is it okay to use a paraphrase of the Bible?
Were there different authors of the books of the Bible? Who were the authors?
What are the Major Prophets in the Bible? What are the Minor Prophets?
What is an epistle? What are the Epistles in the Bible?
How many books of the Bible did Paul write?
The Pauline Epistles - What are they?
The Prison Epistles - What are they?
The Pastoral Epistles - What are they?
Should we accept the writings of the Apostle Paul as inspired (see 1 Corinthians 7:12)?
Why is knowing the different Bible genres helpful in interpreting the Bible?
What are the various forms of biblical literature?
What is wisdom literature?
Is there allegory in the Bible?
What is a proverb? What makes a saying in the Bible a proverb?
What are some of the promises of God in the Bible?
What is a parable?
What are the psalms of praise?
What are the psalms of lament?
What are the penitential psalms?
What are imprecatory psalms?
What is a maskil in the Book of Psalms?
What is the literary device of antithetical parallelism used in Hebrew poetry?
What is the literary device of emblematic parallelism used in Hebrew poetry?
What is the literary device of synonymous parallelism used in Hebrew poetry?
What is the literary device of synthetic parallelism used in Hebrew poetry?
Which poems in the Bible are acrostic poems?
What is chiastic structure? What is a chiasm?
The majestic plural — What is it? How is the majestic plural used in the Bible?
What are the Catholic Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical books?
Are there lost books of the Bible? What are the writings called the Lost Books of the Bible?
What is Bel and the Dragon?
What was the find at Nag Hammadi? What are the Nag Hammadi scrolls?
The Pseudepigrapha — What are they?
The Book of Baruch — What is it?
The Letter of Jeremiah — What is it?
Is the Book of Enoch inspired writing? Should the Book of Enoch be in the Bible?
The Book of Giants — What is it?
The Book of Jasher — What is it? Should the Book of Jasher be in the Bible?
The Book of Jubilees — What is it? Should the Book of Jubilees be in the Bible?
The Book of Judith — What is it?
The Book of Susanna — What is it?
The Book of Tobit — What is it?
The books of 1 and 2 Esdras — What are they?
The books of 1 and 2 Maccabees — What are they?
The books of 3 and 4 Maccabees — What are they?
The Assumption of Moses — What is it?
The Prayer of Manasseh — What is it?
The Shepherd of Hermas — What is it? Should the Shepherd of Hermas be in the Bible?
The Wisdom of Sirach / Book of Ecclesiasticus — What is it?
The Wisdom of Solomon — What is it?
The Testament of Solomon — What is it?
What are the Psalms of Solomon?
What is Psalm 151? Should Psalm 151 be in the Bible?
The apocryphal gospels — What are they?
The Gnostic gospels — What are they?
The Gospel of Barnabas — What is it?
The Gospel of Judas — What is it?
The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene) — What is it?
The Gospel of Philip — What is it?
The Gospel of Thomas — What is it?
The Gospel of Peter — What is it?
The Gospel of Truth — What is it?
The Apocalypse of Peter — What is it?
The Pistis Sophia — What is it?
What are Bible codes? Is there any validity to them?
Are there esoteric keys to the Bible?
Biblical numerology — What is it?
Does the number seven (7) have biblical significance?
What is the right way to handle capitalizing pronouns that refer to God?
Should we read other books, or just the Bible?
Bibliolatry — What is it?
The Green Bible — What is it?
Were Mark 16:9-20 added to the Bible by scribes? Should Mark 16:9-20 be in the Bible?
Is John 7:53—8:11 an original part of the Bible?
Is the warning in Revelation 22:18-19 about the entire Bible or just the book of Revelation?
Before the Bible, how did people know about God?
What is the aim of the Skeptics' Annotated Bible website? What is the Skeptics' Annotated Bible?
What is a benediction? What are some of the benedictions in the Bible?
How should one dispose of a ruined Bible?
Why is there confusion about the Bible and what it teaches?
Bibliomancy — What is it?
What are some interesting Bible stats? What are some facts and stats about the Bible?
What is the longest book of the Bible?
What is the shortest book of the Bible?
What is the longest verse in the Bible?
What is the shortest verse in the Bible?
What is the middle verse of the Bible?
Why is there a copyright on modern translations of the Bible?
Are we supposed to stand when the Bible is read?
The Thomas Jefferson Bible — What is it?
The Queen James Bible — What is it?
Is First Testament a better name for the Old Testament?
Is there anything wrong with questioning the Bible?
What is the purpose of the warning passages in Scripture?
What are some tips to help me meditate on God's Word?
What is the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy?
What is a red letter Bible?
How do translators know what punctuation to use when translating the Bible?
In what languages was the Bible written?
What does it mean that the Bible is composed of different books?
What does the word 'testament' mean?
Colossians 4:16 mentions an epistle to the Laodiceans; what is that?
What is the oldest book of the Bible?
What is 'the Law and the Prophets' mentioned in the New Testament?
What does it mean to be rightly dividing the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15)?
What is the most accurate Bible translation?
