The Bible - Mindmap in GCSE Religious Studies

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Created by: Jane Ranzetta
Created on: 14-02-13 10:41

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The Bible
- God reveals himself in the Bible
  - Christians believe the Bible reveals the truth about God
    - Some say it is totally true
    - Some interpret it differently
- The Bible as the Word of God
  - The teachings in the Bible tell Christians what God wants, and how he wants them to live.
  - Old Testament
    - Contains the same books as the Jewish Scripture
    - The first 5 books are known as the Torah
    - There are 39 books
    - Other books contain literature, law, prophecy, history, liturgy and poetry.
    - Relationship between God and humanity
    - Prophecies about the Messiah, who would suffer for people's sins, (known as the suffering servant) were found in the book of Isaiah.
  - New Testament
    - Contains the writings of the early Christians
    - Contains 27 books
      - 4 Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)
      - The Acts of the Apostles
      - 21 Epistles (Letters)
      - The Book of Revelation
        A vision or dream that describes the Day of Judgement
    - Only agreed in 367CE what books were to be put in
- Used for...
  - Meditation
  - Public worship
  - Decision- making
  - Inspiration
    - Writing prayers and modern songs
    - Church liturgy
  - Private Worship
- Authority of the Bible
  - Fundamentalists (Literalists or Creationists)
    - They believe that everything in the Bible is literally true
  - Many take a more liberal view
  - The Catholic View
    - The Holy Spirit inspired the people who wrote the books
  - Atheists reject the divine inspiration of the Bible as they see no need of God for the Universe to exist
  - Evangelical Protestants
    - Accept the authority of the Bible comes from God not through the Church (Conservative)
- Different translations of the Bible
  - OT Hebrew, NT Greek. 5th Century Latin, translated in 1494 to English
Authority of the Bible
- Fundamentalists (Literalists or Creationists)
  - They believe that everything in the Bible is literally true
- Many take a more liberal view
- The Catholic View
  - The Holy Spirit inspired the people who wrote the books
- Atheists reject the divine inspiration of the Bible as they see no need of God for the Universe to exist
- Evangelical Protestants
  - Accept the authority of the Bible comes from God not through the Church (Conservative)

Comments

Report Sun 2nd March, 2014 @ 20:20

Fantastic mind map to give you a better idea of the Bible for OCR GCSE RE students.

You can test yourself after so it is really helpful.

Report Thu 12th May, 2016 @ 17:41

v. helpful!!!:)

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:52

dedoid was 'ere

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:52

Little boy dedoid

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:53

michaelwave

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:53

hes a nice lad but you dont put spoons in him

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:54

I met the man who invented windowsills

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:54

what a ledge

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:54

Can you tell me what to call someone from Corsica?

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:54

Corsican

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:55

This song's called subraction

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:56

take it away!

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:56

My friend Michaelwave said he was going to dress up as a small island of the coast of Italy

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:56

I said dont be Sicilly

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:57

i dropped my scrabble set on the road

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 11:58

what's the word on the street?

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 12:02

sup bois

Report Tue 17th May, 2016 @ 12:02

sup bois

Report Thu 7th December, 2017 @ 00:02

try referencing the Scriptures like Laws with Leviticus

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