

Synoptic Gospels – The first three gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke.Soteriology – The study of the doctrine of salvation.It is a spiritual change in a person, whereby he becomes indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Biblically, it is the saving of a person from his or her sins. Regeneration – Spiritual or physical change.Rapture – The teaching that those Christians who are alive at the beginning, middle, or end of the tribulation period will be transformed (resurrected) and caught up to meet the Lord Jesus in the clouds.Quire – A collection of leaves of parchment or paper, folded one within the other, in a manuscript or book.Pneumatology – The study of the Holy Spirit.Pericope – per-ik-o-pee – A selection from a book.These are attributed to Mosaic authorship. Pentateuch – The first five (penta) books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.Parable – A short fictional story told to illustrate one or more moral points.Many of the biblical manuscripts were on papyrus. He would take a blunt instrument and score horizontal lines and then score two or more vertical lines as margins for the edge of the sheet or define columns on it.

The scribe, when using papyrus, would often use the natural horizontal fibers of the papyrus plant as guidelines. The typical maximum length of a scroll was about 35 feet. Papyrus scrolls were made by cutting and pressing sections of the papyri plant together at right angles.

Codex – An early book form made from papyri leaves cut, folded, and sewn together in the middle to make a book.Canon – The collection of books that are considered inspired from God and authoritative in all areas addressed.Autograph – An original writing of a biblical document.
