'Ecumenical Introduction to the Bible'

'This paper resulting attempt to reassessment chapter s even bug out from Michael L. Barrés apply give-and-take: An Ecumenical entrance to the Bible and Its Interpretation. In order to urge on this assignment, I will provide my outline of the material and my own(prenominal) response to it withal. The chapter itself is preferably short and curt only beingness eleven pages long. It was a very flying read that I felt remaining out virtually crucial points. The chapter was kind of factual and didnt rattling answer `why` to a batch of its points. Despite this, the chapter did hold in some spunk opening points. In general I viewed the Bible as an old-fashioned book with umpteen various stories. I never thought astir(predicate) how the Bible would go had to undergo a long tour through many eras, people and places sooner it became the sacred school text we recognize today. The chapter opens ratting the reader that the news was non write in english, in fact it was not compose for instead some time. The chapter discusses the unwritten character of scriptural usages. The majority of the biblical stories once existed in oral form. direct I grew close to concerned. Surely if the leger started off as an oral tradition without anything being written overthrow, pieces of the story could suffer been added or even taken out moreover deal a granulose of Chinese whispers. For example, Matthew`s version of the maestros requester did not require the words ``For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen``.(120) This guide me to wonder where Matthew got this from and why didnt the other evangelists retain this included. Is the Lord`s words from the gospel accounts actually what the Lord said himself or were people just making things up themselves. For most ancient texts such as the Bible, the exact dates of base are irrecoverable which leaves a ring of unanswered questions. The chapter also di scusses how the New will ( the gospels in particular) were also passed down orally. Further re... '