When, where, and by whom some books were accepted as parts of the Bible, and others were rejected, is discussed below in the chapter labeled “BIBLE”. This chapter, and the chapter on “WRITING” examine the sources of the information that the various authors put into those books. There are three ways an author could have gotten some or all of the information he put into his book: 1. He might have been an eyewitness to the event, 2. He might have been divinely inspired, or 3. He might have used an oral legend passed down from earlier generations. Of course that legend could have originated with either an eyewitness or a divinely inspired person. § Not all the oral legends on which Biblical Scripture was based could have originated as eyewitness …show more content…
A well-trained ape will obey the commands, even complex commands, of his human trainer. Gorillas, bonobos, orangutans, and chimpanzees can be taught to communicate with their human trainers and with each other in a sign language similar to that used by the human deaf community. Gorillas and chimpanzees can send and understand computer messages, using simplified software. Adult chimpanzees have been observed teaching their young to use the sign language that they learned from their human trainers. § Scientific ideas on the origin of human speech are sketchy and not very informative. Observations are few and indirect. Fossils can be studied to see if anatomical features of the speech organs are present. It is believed that the creation of symbolic art requires a brain capable of processing language. Studies of Neanderthal remains show that at least some of them had vocal organs barely meeting the criteria for speaking. Symbolic art was found in their cave at Lascaux, France. Of course the Neanderthals had been in contact with, and had probably interbred with, humans for thousands of years by the time that art was produced. It is unlikely that most Neanderthals had sophisticated
In this week's reading of The Whole Message of the Bible in 16 Words by Chris Bruno, we were assigned to read the first two sections, the foundation and the frame. In the first section of his book, Bruno talks about the foundation of the Bible in two key words: The End and God. In the second section, he talks about the frame: creation, covenant, and kingdom. The first section of the book, Bruno focuses on the foundation on which the entire Bible is built: The End and God.
Neanderthals survived in Portugal long after modern humans entered Europe. Neanderthals made fireplaces and tools like hand axes and scrapers but as time went on their technology barely changed. Modern humans created different stone tools for different functions and they even made tools out of bone and ivory. Their tools were key to their success. Modern human made finely crafted ornaments and were the first species to do it.
In 2 Timothy 3:16 Paul refers to Scripture as “breathed out by God.” This is a verse we should memorize and cling to. But for many Christians, this might be the only proof that would come to mind. The issue of the authority and inspiration of Scripture is not just a topic to be debated by scholars, nor is it simply an apologetic issue to be defended against skeptics. This is a truth that shapes how we approach God and how we listen when He speaks.
Although primates have not learned how to use spoken language, researchers have been able to teach some of them sign language. They have also found that primates make their own tools. Another aspect of primate culture that is similar to
The author Ronald Youngblood observed the preface of the Old Treatment in the book, The Heart of the Old Testament by demonstrating the basic outline of the Scriptures is to trace the development of certain key ideas from one end of the Bible to the other. This book serves a great purpose that lays out nine themes that constitute the heart of the Old Testament. The nine themes are monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Dr. Ron Youngblood has achieved his purpose in an admirable layout before us the heart of the Old Testament in a careful and practical manner. Dr. Youngblood links the key theological strands of the Old Testament to the New in a style that is biblically sound, highly readable,
Janni Pederson with the Great Ape Trust of Iowa (2008) believes that language is more than vocalization of information and consists of a combination of interactions, and that is why they possess their own language and can learn new languages with great effort. Pederson (2008) found that language with non-human primates and humans can consist of turn taking, negotiation, pauses, repetition, and sharing of information through use of lexi-grams; not just vocalization. Pederson (2008) noticed that bonobo monkeys were capable of understanding words and conversations humans had and then reacting with this combination of interactions in order to get what they wanted from the humans interacting with them and caring for them. Understanding words being spoken is an important skill found in the bonobo monkeys, but so was the use of these other components of communicating in order to make up a system of language to effectively obtain the results wanted in response to what was being said by the humans, despite the actual inability of the bonobo monkeys to produce human words. Some research has found that while non-human primates may not be able to control vocalization well enough to produce human words, they are still capable of producing certain taught sounds in response to reward encouragement.
Language has allowed the human species to advance unlike any other species as Pagel stated that “chimpanzees are using tools to communicate”. Chimpanzees have the ability to communicate on a level where they can establish and build social relationship among each of them. Over the years there is one question that has been left unanswered. “Why would they use a stick to extract termites from the ground”? Since Pagel stated that “the Chimpanzees were intelligent” I think that if we us human being were that intelligent as the Chimpanzees that were our ancestor years ago , we would have understand more the use of language.
Tobias Wolff’s “Bible” explores the nature of a woman whose life is in “danger” and the personality of her abductor. At the beginning of the story, Maureen is vulnerable. She leaves her friends at a bar to go home alone on a cold Friday night. She is powerless over her own body.
Under the Hominoidea family lies the four great apes, the pongidae ( Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Orangutans and Gorillas). The great apes are quite significant because their genetic makeup is closely related to another great primate-- humans. That being said, for this assigment, I chose to focus on the Orangutan, a living priate that shares 97.6 % of DNA with humans. Orangutans are capable of recognizing themselves in a mirror, are known to use tools, learn from and teach each other new skills, as well as being able to take another’s perspective (observational learning). Researches have successfully taught orangutans sign language and other various communication skills, proving that their ability to grasp and process is evidence of a highly intelligent individual.
Bible is a very famous book for most people to read, special from those people who have the religion. And the history of the Bible can data back to a long time ago. “The Bible was written over a span of 1500 years, by 40 writers. Unlike other religious writings, the Bible reads as a factual news account of real events, places, people, and dialogue. ”(History of the Bible).
Who authored the Bible – God or man? How was the Bible recorded originally? How did we get the multiple translations of the Bible that we currently use across the planet today? Can they be trusted as accurate? Anyone that has entered into the Christian faith system has at one time or another asked some if not all of these questions.
The Bible is the true inspired word of God that was transcribed by the prophets that were moved by the Holy Spirit. Every truth in the Bible is inspired by itself since God is the ultimate author. Throughout time mankind has had revelations revealed to them and then had the same revelations illuminated by the power of God. Though with every era mankind still finds the need to critique and speculate the Word of God and try to find alternatives for everything. The Bible is completely true in everything it states and will always be justified by God himself.
In the Bible, we can trace all the papers back to the days of Peter and the early church fathers. They have numerous amounts of evidence from documents and records from the Church Councils. Multiple religions believed their books were divinely inspired such as the Muslims and Mormons. Catholics believed otherwise, they though it had a unique style and language. We know the books in the Bible should be in the Bible because the church tells us so.
When people say that the writers of the books of the Bible were inspired by God, it means that they agree with the Bible's own claim that it is the Word of God. The Bible is "God-breathed". This means that God literally guided the writers with the Holy Spirit as they were recording what God was telling them. Every book of the Old Testament gives either a strong statement of its inspiration, or it infers that it is inspired by God by the very thing that it is revealing to mankind. For example, Judges 1:2 says, "And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand."
First, the Bible is not one book written by one man. The Bible is made up of 66 different books written by 40 different authors over 1500 years. The following supernatural attributes of the Bible are evidence of a supernatural signature: a. Supernaturally fulfilled prophecy—predictions of the future that are precise, detailed and accurate. The Bible is the only volume ever produced by man in which detailed prophecies relating to the rise and fall of individuals and empires are given with hairsplitting accuracy.