How We Got the Bible PowerPoint™ will help your students understand the history and the reasons to believe in the reliability of Bible translation. This bestselling resource is ready to use with text, photos, and/or illustrations of the most key people and events: Wycliffe, Tyndale, Gutenberg, Jerome, the King James Bible, and more. The time line format covers nearly 3500 years of history!

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How We Got the Bible covers the years 1500 BC to today and addresses the following topics:

• How the Bible was written
• Early writing materials
• Early Bible Translations (the history of the Septuagint, Vulgate, Coverdale, Geneva, Bishops, King James, and all major versions to today)
• People who gave their lives bringing us the Bible
• Reasons to believe in the accuracy of Scripture

Microsoft PowerPoint™ users will love this easy-to-use presentation that includes enough material for two-to-four hours of lessons. Pastors and teachers can present just a portion or give the entire presentation; go fast or slowly. You’re in control. The presentation can even be edited for different teaching situations and groups. Handouts of the presentation are included on the CD-ROM and include slide images with room for note taking.

Pastors and teachers will appreciate the flexibility of the PowerPoint™. The lessons can be presented in one setting or as a series of study sessions. Once loaded onto a computer, the teacher has flexibility as to how the information is presented:

• Rearrange the format for specific environment or time considerations
• Present at the speed that’s best for study participants
• Or use only a portion of the information for a special presentation

How We Got the Bible PowerPoint captures key moments in Bible-making history. Here are some examples from the timeline:

• 1500 BC to AD 100
  • 1500 BC-400 BC Events are written down in Hebrew (with portions in Aramaic) over many centuries. In Exodus, the LORD tells Moses to write in a book. Other writers, inspired by God, include leaders, kings and prophets. Together, these writings on leather scrolls and other materials are called the Hebrew Scriptures or Old Testament.
  • The translation of the Septuagint, the Hebrew Old Testament translated into Greek between 250-100 BC
• AD 100 to AD 1500
  • The original writings are copied and circulated so that by approximately AD 150 there is wide enough use of them to speak of the "New Testament" ("New Covenant"), AD 100
• AD 200 to AD 1650
  • Church fathers accept the writings of the Gospels and Paul’s letters as canonical, AD 200-300
  • Fine quality animal skins from calves or antelope (vellum) and sheep or goats (parchment) are used for over 1,000 years to make copies of the Bible, approximately, AD 300-1400
  • The first English translation of the Bible by John Wycliffe in 1382
• AD 1650 to Present
  • The King James Version of the Bible, 1611
  • Revised Version, 1881
  • American Standard, 1901
  • The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1947
  • Revised Standard Version, 1952
  • Berkley Bible, 1959
  • Amplified Bible, 1965
  • Jerusalem Bible, 1966
  • New English Bible, 1970
  • New American Standard Bible, 1971
  • Living Bible (paraphrased), 1971
  • Today’s English Version, 1976
  • New International Version, 1978
  • New King James Version, 1982
  • Revised English Bible, 1989
  • New Revised Standard Version, 1990

How We Got the Bible teacher notes and worksheets, on the CD-ROM at PDF files, include:

• How We Got the Bible Overview
• Ten key points
• Four important people
  • The lives and contributions of four key translators
• Teaching tips
  • Scriptures, projects, missions teaching aids
• The origin and growth of the Bible
  • A chart of translations beginning with original manuscripts, 1500 BC – AD 100 through modern translations used today
• Bible translation
  • A translation fact sheet examines the world population and statistics on those with and without adequate Scriptures

How We Got the Bible PowerPoint™ reveals dozens of people who were used by God to write and translate the Scriptures, including:

• Ezra
• Jerome
• Bede
• Alfred the Great
• John Wycliffe
• Erasmus
• Martin Luther
• William Tyndale
• Miles Coverdale
• King James I (and committee)