12 Non-trivial Facts about the Bible
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- The Bible is a fascinating collection of documents-most of which have been around for more than 2,000 years. In this video, we take a look at 12 important facts about the Bible. These aren't trivial things-these are facts that I wish I'd known before I got started studying the Bible.
NOTE: Looking back, saying that the Bible is written from a "mostly Jewish perspective" is a bit reductive. If I were to redo this video, I'd say it was written from a "Mostly from ancient Israelite and first-century Jewish perspectives." Not as snappy, but more accurate.
If you understand these facts about Scripture, you'll be better prepared to read, study, and understand the Bible on your own.
If you want to know a LOT more about the Bible in a short amount of time, you should check out my book, The Beginner's Guide to the Bible: overviewbible....
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Jeffrey, As a bar mitvahed confused Jew I've been baptized twice and am involved with a Men's Church Group. You have shown a bright light on scripture and I wish to thank you. I'll keep watching!!
Thanks so much for the kind words, David!
I really appreciate your videos!! I am fairly new at reading and studying the Bible and your videos help to provide a foundation and context. It makes picking up my Bible a lot less intimidating. Thank you so much for your work!! 🙏
This is so kind of you to share--thanks Kayla! I'm glad they're helpful.
I miss ya, Jeffrey. Come back 💔 Dying for more content of yours!
I'm hoping to post Joshua and Judges this week! =)
I just discovered this channel and so far your channel appears to provide v exactly what I was looking for in a Bible study guide.
This is absolutely the best channel on the bible. Great deal of knowledge. You do a great job Jeffrey, thank you.
Jeffrey, thank you for taking the time to explain the many important facts, information and nuances of the Bible. I have read your Beginners Guide To The Bible several times and will continue to read it until it’s well established in my heart and mind. I am actually an ordained minister but I have served on the administrative/business/finance side of the church most of my life. But I did study the Bible in undergraduate and graduate school including seminary. But the way you break it all down and package the information is so incredibly helpful even in these later stages of my life and ministry. I wish I had you for a professor or a bible study leader when I was first saved and learning about the Bible. So thank you again for taking the time to make this information available to the general public. I just recently looked you up to learn more about the fella who wrote TBGTTB and that’s how I discovered your videos. Now I will watch them all and soak up as much as this 65 year old mind and heart can absorb. Blessings!
This was so kind of you to say, Larry. Thanks, and you're most welcome. =)
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You're a great teacher. I'm new to the Bible and this Really helps. I would like to know the differences between the bibles. Which is the best one to start with?
You should definitely start with one of the Gospels!
That's kind of you to say!
If you're new to the Bible and you're trying to choose an English translation, I recommend the NIV. If you're looking for a place to start _reading_ the Bible, the Gospel of John is a great place to start.
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Jeff, you don't know what you have done for me! Thank you x millions! Watching you from South Africa and feeling very blessed by your work!. Where can one get your book " the beginner's guide to the Bible"? Your response will be highly appreciated.
Going through Bible in a year right now and grateful for these 12 nontrivial good to know facts about the Bible. Thanks very much n Blessings.
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I am so blessed to hear about God word and your teaching l will share this with my family and friends and some who want to know more about God good news thank you Man of God bless you and your family Pamela Lloyd
Thanks for the video !, Appreciate the work you put into the video. God bless
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I knew most of these but it was still very helpfull and interesting to see how you presented it! I think it'll be helpfull for me to be able to tell people facts in a more accomodating way and be mindfull of what is not so obvious to people who didn't grow up Christian, but important to know.
Amazing video, Jeffrey. This is really helpful to show atheists who treat the Bible like one book...they think we use circular reasoning when we're not. I have a suggestion for the next video: 12 prophecies fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
Just wanted to say definitely not all atheists do! I can't say anything about the circular reasoning argument, but some of us are really interested in the Bible (and we read it and study it) as a collection of books and documents for its religious, historical and literary relevance. Not approaching it through faith but sincere interest and curiosity. Some of us (not me) even know more about it than the average Christian! I, for instance, don't seek this knowledge for discrediting anyone's beliefs, since what we believe is different to what we know. I don't BELIEVE in God, but I want to KNOW about God and Christianity as it's represented in the Scriptures.
@@frizzyhairedgirl Your demeanor is refreshing Marcela! Thanks for your perspective! I know agnostics/atheists certainly used to (>30 years ago in the U.S.) know more about the Bible or have more of a curiosity about it. However, I didn't know some still do! Which is cool because I think it's the greatest book ever made, certainly from my unbiased Christian take lol.
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Interesting bit.
11:09
Read it recently and it was a blessing to my soul.
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Excellent.
I haven’t seen you since last year!!!
Dude, you're awesome. I've been curious about the bible and jewish and christian history and your videos are really helpful :D
Look at the evidence too brother
@@vesselsoffire5900 None...
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Please do a video of Dead Sea Scrolls!
Please keep doing your thing :) I’m a teacher of religious studies and I always learn something new from your videos.
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Can we please get an audiobook version of your book?
This would be a perfect video for Timestamps (and or chapters), putting the icing on the cake for a good reference material. Thank you for making these video's! Cheers mate.
I can’t thank you enough for your thorough videos & great knowledge! I’d rather binge watch your videos than anything else lol
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Hi Jeffrey , good video thank you, I am originally Bulgarian Orthodox Christian, and Orthodox Christianity is not a branch, it’s a main church that worship Jesus Christ, from the beginning, Jewish people reject and don’t worship Jesus Christ.
Beloved brother in Christ, All videos of Holy Bible are excellent, wonderful, fact bringing and guidance of Bible study. May God bless you
Excited to see your video about why Catholics have 73 books!
Nebuchadnezzar wrote a chapter too - Daniel 4 :)
Love this. Keep up the good work. I'm gonna watch all your videos and will recommend them.
You are a wonderful teacher. Thank you! I will be watching all your videos!
as I said on one of your other videos I'm an Atheist, but I just love the way you explain the books without forcing a view.....brilliant...
I'm so glad these are helpful! =)
Awesome job Jeff! Thanks for your work.
Glad to see you are back Jeffrey! Ty
Thank you so much for sharing! I just discovered your channel. I will watch much more of your content in the future, this is exactly what I was looking for. Did you do a specific study surrounding the bible? How did you learn all of this?
Hi, Ruth! I spent most of my childhood familiarizing myself with the Old and New Testaments, and began doing more serious studies of themes as an adult. =)
@@OverviewBible So you're audidact? :) That's impressive!! Your video about the loop-conversations that non-christian often have with christians was also really fascinating... Such content is also very, very welcome! I more and more am concluding that studying church history is very valuable for your own understanding of the bible. Your channel is exactly what I needed ;)
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Excellent explanations . Thank you. Blessings.
Thx for sharing man of God, it's an eye opener for me. God blsd u 🙏😊
"I was a derision to all my people;and their song all the day"
Wasnt the book of Isaiah found in the dead sea scrolls? or at least a very ancient copy?
Which version is better and closer to original manuscripts please suggest ❤
Greatest story ever told. Love ❤ it. I also love your explainations thanks 😊 for sharing. 😇 👼 🙏 🤲⛪
I read the whole new testament first from Matthew to Revelation. The I went through the Old testament from easiest books to the more difficult books ✝️
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Enjoyed Bible Overview... I would like to see an overview of the Apocrypha and why these books were chosen to be in the original Canon..
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That deserves a video unto itself, but I can give you a brief explanation here.
The Apocrypha (or, more respectfully, "Deuterocanon") usually references documents that were considered sacred in Judaism and Christianity, but were not included in the Masoretic Text (the authoritative Jewish canon established by the 900s C.E.). When the Protestant Reformation began 600 years later, Martin Luther moved these non-canonical (according to Judaism) books to the end of the Old Testament, and eventually the books were phased out of printed Protestant Bibles.
I paid for the Beginners guide through apple pay, but have no clue how to access the book. Please let me know. thank you
Wow, your videos are great. Ordered your book but haven't read it yet. I'm sure it's terrific
Hello Sue, I hope you're having a beautiful day so far? Well, I'm kinda strange with how things are operated here, a friend of mine introduce me to UA-cam a couple months ago. Can we be friends if you don’t mind? I’ll like to know you better.
This is so good. God bless you. I would love to be able to print and hand this out to some groups I attend. Would you have any issues with this? I would, of course, give you and the channel the credit for this. If you are good with this, tell me where I can download... thanks
Fruitful indeed, thanks for a very good presentation
appreciate all the information , great video & greetings from Ireland
Only recently found your channel - it’s great stuff!
Love this channel! Very informative and easy to understand. Would love to hear you breakdown the history and timeline of Israel as a nation (I.e. statehood in 1948) and the conflict currently happening.
Thank you! I learned a lot
These videos are awesome. You are truly blessed from God with a gift my friend.
Very informative! Thank you! 😊
Very informative thank you for letting God use you to reach his people thus we can understand the reality of God
Only now discovering this channel. Won't be my last time. Great job
Thank you so much🌸❤️ this video is really helpful 👍
Good breakdown!
Thank you so much. It is. Very interesting and good to know all these things. Thanks again and God bless you.✝️
inpatiently awaiting your return!!
Amazing. Thank you.
Great job again!
Super Bro......short and amazing facts about the Bible
God Bless
I love this guy 🥰👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Dawwww =)
Excellent thank you!
Amazing and interesting facts, much appreciated.
Thank you
Looking forward to your next video!
So informative! Thank you!💙
Thanks! I'll be sharing this video :D
So there are no original copies? Then HOW do we know it's true?
🤯🤯🤯 I’m here for this
Very helpful, thank you so much.
Wasn't it Cardinal Hugo de Sancto Caro who is given credit for first dividing the Latin Vulgate into chapters ?
Thank you my brother ❤
Your style is so clear and simply stated, I actually understand the ideas. Fundamentally, the Bible is the Word of YHWH and is miraculous. Thank you!
Omgod thank you so much for this gift 🎁 you are the best at this practice 💗
Just found this. It is awesome...THANK YOU
I'm glad it's helpful, Crystal!
can you make a video explaining Revelation
Nice presentation. Truly appreciate ur work. Godbless
19:47 The million dollar question here is whether God wants these books to be splitted like this. Yes, it was necessary back in the time but it is *not* necessary today.
Welcome back!
Great video, I have been blessed! I am responding now to ask... you stated that the (OT) old testament language was Hebrew and Aramaic. What are your views on the Septuagint? I realize that it was a GREEK King of Alexandria that wanted the translation, around the 240s or so BC, but was done with approval and with JEWISH scribes. Being the common language at the time of JESUS was GREEK ( commercially excepted world wide ) not to imply that JESUS spoke it or used it! I don't know. I just suspect that the SEPTUAGINT might have had a more important role then what is believed. It may have been the common book by the early CHRISTIANS???? I also LOVED your 12 tribes video!!!! You are doing a great work here! THANKS
Hello, Jeffrey! I've tried to contact you about a problem I had with the website's shop. I'm aware you may not be able to answer every single e-mail, but I need some help!
Thank you so much. May God bless.
I hope you're having a beautiful day so far? Well, I'm kinda strange with how things are operated here, a friend of mine introduce me to UA-cam a couple months ago. Can we be friends if you don’t mind? I’ll like to know you better.
Searching for your book on Kindle and can't find it. Is it under your name or overview?
Thanks! It's not on Kindle--it's on OverviewBible.com (link in video description).
Nice, thank you
Funny how every video has 200,000 likes but like 50,000 views 😂 love the content. Praise the lord
I wish I would of known all of these before I started. You wrote a book!
You are a super pimp! Pimp is good according to my work buddy 😆 🤣 😂 thank ypu so much for sharing. I did send you 12 apostles to 4 close friends. I would send this but I want them to think I'm perfectly sane lol thank you so much!!
Thank you Jeffery ! God bless
I hope you're having a beautiful day so far? Well, I'm kinda strange with how things are operated here, a friend of mine introduce me to UA-cam a couple months ago. Can we be friends if you don’t mind? I’ll like to know you better.
Your channel is amazing
That's kind of you to say-thank you!
Can I download the white board?
Where can I get your book
your handwriting is like a font style. :)
Thank you! =)
Thankyou so much
I hope you're having a beautiful day so far? Well, I'm kinda strange with how things are operated here, a friend of mine introduce me to UA-cam a couple months ago. Can we be friends if you don’t mind? I’ll like to know you better.
"it seems very faithfully preserved" how could you possibly know that without the original?
Where did you go?
Awesome, God bless
Looking for your book. Is your last name Kranz?
as a greek knowing i have the bible in the "original" language makes me feel privileged haha
Sir u tought very nicely. From india
Thank you youre amazing
Hello Grace, I hope you're having a beautiful day so far? Well, I'm kinda strange with how things are operated here, a friend of mine introduce me to UA-cam a couple months ago. Can we be friends if you don’t mind? I’ll like to know you better.
I like your overview, but I would have to disagree with point 1. There is 400 years between the old and new testaments. The new testament books were written from about 50-94 AD. That would not allow much time for the old testament books to be written, about 30-50 years. We know that is not the case as jewish Rabbi's were studying and quoting the old testament for many years. I would also point out that number 10, in the english translations there are around 780,000 words of the bible. Not including the catholic version.
@12:48 you also have no idea who wrote the Gospel of Matthew
That was a funny reference, “Harry Potter Series.” But gets your attention. Smile.
I hope you're having a beautiful day so far? Well, I'm kinda strange with how things are operated here, a friend of mine introduce me to UA-cam a couple months ago. Can we be friends if you don’t mind? I’ll like to know you better.