Elective course · Open before the foundation

How We Got the Bible

How the Bible came down to us — and why we can trust it.

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About the course

• Author: Dr. Wayne Cook
• Languages: English, Spanish, and French.
• Units: 10
• Counts toward: Certificate of Ministry; Associate of Divinity; Master of Theology (Th.M.); Master of Divinity (M.Div.). These are internal ministry recognitions, not official degrees.
• Textbook: Angus, The Bible Hand-Book (assigned excerpts)
• Required readings: How We Got the Bible: Required Readings

Units

1. 1. The Question and the Rules of Evidence
2. 2. The Right Books (Old Testament Canon)
3. 3. New Testament Canon & the Apocrypha
4. 4. Transmission of the Text
5. 5. The Manuscripts
6. 6. The Received Text and the Critical Text
7. 7. Archaeology — Correlation, Not Proof
8. 8. Archaeology — Cases and Cautions
9. 9. The Witness of Geography
10. 10. The Cumulative Case