BETWEEN THE SCRIPTURES AND FICTION: THE THEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE BIBLE (CHAPTER THREE)

CHAPTER III

CLOSING

Conclusion

The Bible is the holy book believed by both Jews and Christians. The Bible is a collection of scriptures written at different times, by different authors in different locations. Jews and Christians (Christians) view the books of the Bible (OT & NT) as the result of divine inspiration, and as an authoritative record of the relationship between God and man. The Bible is very unique, because in its development the Bible is the book that is most attacked by people and also received massive defense, and is the oldest book that still exists today.

Positive biblical criticism must be basically neutral, in the sense that humans through study seek to investigate the truth of the Bible, whether the translated texts are in accordance with the original or not (lower criticism) and whether the nature of history and literary forms of writing is correct or lacking. (higher criticism). Unfortunately, the influence of rationalism and evolutionism has permeated liberalism with biblical criticism and rejection of the supernatural, considering the Bible to be full of errors and also a collection of many myths.

The Bible is the Word of God that contains facts both in history, human civilization, place facts, truths about the human condition from the beginning of creation to the present day, and much more that can be proven through archaeological discoveries. Apart from that, the Bible proves itself to be true even though it was written by so many authors with a range of time and far away places, it is evident that the Bible is an extraordinary unity, which shows that there is one center of information / author of all sources written in the Bible. All kinds of criticism make the proof of the validity of the Bible more real, the more it is dug, the Bible increasingly confirms itself that the Bible is not a fictional story.

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