【正文】 Bible and Christianity Bible: The Bible, a collection of sacred books of Judaism and Christianity, is posed of two main parts: the Old Testament（舊約） and the New Testament（新約） . It was the Jewish tradition which gave birth to Christianity. Christianity is by far the most influential religion in the West. 基督教各主要派系之間的發(fā)展關(guān)系 羅馬帝國國教 Judaism Judaism Christianity Orthodox Catholic Protestant Catholic (東正教，或正教） （天主教，公教） （新教） The Old Testament The Hebrews, which means “wanders”, are the ancesters of the 1300 , the Hebrews came to settle in Palestine (known as Canaan ) and formed small kingdoms. Their history was recorded in the Old Testament. It consists of 39 books, the oldest and most important are the first 5 books, called Pentateuch. Pentateuch ? Genesis (創(chuàng)世紀(jì) ) ? Exodus (出埃及記 ) ? Leviticus (利未記 ) ? Numbers (民數(shù)記 ) ? Deuteronomy (申命記 ) Old Testament 舊約 Genesis 創(chuàng)世記 Exodus 出埃及記 Leviticus 利未記 Numbers 民數(shù)記 Deuteronomy 申命記 Joshua 約書亞記 Judges 士師記 Ruth 路得記 1st Samuel 撒母耳記上 2nd Samuel撒母耳記下 1st Kings 列王紀(jì)上 2nd Kings列王紀(jì)下 1st Chronicles 歷代志上 2nd Chronicles 歷代志下 Ezra 以斯拉記 Nehemiah 尼希米記 Esther 以斯帖記 Job 約伯記 Psalms 詩篇 Proverbs 箴言 Ecclesiastes 傳道書 Song of Solomon 雅歌 Isaiah 以賽亞書 Jeremiah 耶利米書 Lamentations耶利米哀歌 Ezekiel 以西結(jié)書 Daniel 但以理書 Hosea 何西阿書 Joel 約珥書 Amos 阿摩司書 Obadiah 俄巴底亞書 Jonah 約拿書 Micah 彌迦書 Nahum 那鴻書 Habakkuk 哈巴谷書 Zephaniah 西番雅書 Haggai 哈該書 Zechariah 撒迦利亞書 Malachi 瑪拉基書 The New Testament, the part of the Bible concerned with the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and his earliest followers, prises the four GOSPELS（ 四福音書：馬太福音 、 馬可福音 、 路加福音 、 約翰福音 ） , the ACTS of the APOSTLES（ 使徒行傳 ） , the EPISTLES（ 使徒書信 ） , and the Book of REVELATION（ 啟示錄 ） . note: The GOSPELS are named after Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Bible has exerted an incalculable influence on the thought, attitudes, beliefs, art, science, and politics of Western society. Ever since its ing into being, there have been many versions and translations of the Bible. It has now been translated into more than 1,400 languages, and millions of copies are sold every year throughout the world. The Bible is not only a sacred book, it is also important literature and a source of literary inspiration. Many great poets, writers and painters created masterpieces based on the Bible and its stories, among which are Milton’s long poems Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and Leonardo da Vinci’s painting The Last Supper. More Descendants of God ? God上帝 ? 1. Adam亞當(dāng) /Eve夏娃 ? 2. Cain該隱 /Abel亞伯 /Seth塞特 ? … ?10. Noah 挪亞 ? 11. Shem閃 /Ham含 /Japeth雅弗 ? … ?19. Terah他拉 ? /Nahor拿鶴 /Lot羅得 ?21. Isaac以撒 ?22. Esau以掃 /Jacob雅各 ?23. Joseph約瑟 /Leviticus利未 ? 24. 法勒斯 Fareth?25. 希斯侖 Hethren/摩西Moses?… ?32. 耶西 Jesse ? 33. 大衛(wèi)David ? 34. 所羅門 Solomon ?…77. 耶穌Jesus ? In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep。 and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. ? And God said, “Let there be light”。 and there was light. And God saw that the light was good。 nd God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. God Created The World Then God said, “Let there be a dome between waters, to separate water from water.” God made the dome and called it Heaven. And the evening and morning were the second day. God said, “Let the waters under the heaven be gathered into one place and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth and the gathering of the waters Seas. Then god said, “Let the land be rich with plants which bear seed, and with trees that bear flowers and fruit.” This was done. And the evening and the morning were the third day. God said, “Let there be lights in the heaven to separate day from night, and let them serve as signs both for festivals and for seasons and years.” God made the two great lights: the sun which ruled the day and the moon that ruled the night. God also made the stars. The evening and the morning were the fourth day. And God said, “Let the waters be full of fishes and sky full of birds.” God created the living creatures that moved in the waters and every kind of bird that flew above the earth. God blessed them and told them to be fruitful and increase. The evening and the morning were the fifth day. God said, “It is not enough. Let the earth also be full of creatures that creep and walk on legs.” God made the cattle, the creeping animals and the wild beasts. When this was done, God took some dust from the ground and formed an image like Himself. He gave it life, called him man and placed it at the head of all creation. So ended the labour of the sixth day. God was contented with what He had done and on the seventh day, He rested from his work. God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on that day He ended all the work He had set Himself to do. This is the story of the heaven and the earth. God placed the man he had formed in the Garden of Eden and made a woman out of the man?s rib to keep him pany. Our selection describes how Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden by God, which is a widelyknown Bible story. Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has bee like one of us, knowing good and evil。 and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the