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Bibliology

By Kris Bjorgen, Ed.D.

Study Section 1: What is Bibliology?

1.1 Connect.

Have you ever heard a person say, “Oh, the Bible has a lot of inconsistencies and errors in it?
It is filled with contradictions!” I have. I ask them to show me one. So far, every person who
has made this claim cannot show me one contradiction or error. They are just parroting
what others have said without even checking into the claim or validating the truth of the
statement. As believers, we know that God wrote the Bible. If it has errors or contradictions
in it, then God as author lies. We might as well all abandon our faith and go live like the
Devil. But we know from careful study that the Bible is reliable and has no errors in it. Today, as we
begin our study, we are going to learn about the doctrine of the Bible. Let’s get started…..

1.2 Objectives.

1. The student should be able to write the definition of Bibliology.

2. The student should be able to explain how the Bible itself claims to be God’s very words.

1.3 What is Bibliology?

Introduction

Bibliology can be defined as a detailed study of the theological doctrine of the Bible. The
Bible is the inspired source of knowledge about God, Jesus Christ, salvation, and eternity.
Without a proper view of the Bible, our views on these and other issues become clouded and
distorted. Bibliology tells us what the Bible is.

As we will see, the Bible claims to be a Word from God or God’s revelation to mankind. The questions
we can ask are, “How do we know that the Bible’s claim is true? How do we know the Bible is REALLY
God’s word to man?

Other faiths make similar claims. Islam claims that the Quran is God’s final revelation through the
prophet Mohammad. The Pali Canon, which means “the word of Buddha,” is considered the word of
god to Buddhist. Buddhists also claim the Sanskrit Canon, Mahayana scriptures, Tantric Scriptures and
the Tibetan and Mongolian Canons all are god’s word to us. Hindus worship millions of gods and claim
that the Vedas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Puranas are revelations from their gods. Even
the cults write their own translations of “God’s Word” to fit their errant doctrines. The New World
Translation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Clear Word of the Adventist movement all are claimed to
be accurate presentations of God’s Word to their people.

Then other questions about the Bible must be considered:

1. Where did the Bible come from?
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