Where did the bible come from?

Question

Who is the author?, where and when was it first compiled? and lastly in what year did christianity come to England?

Answer 1

The Bible is a collect of 66 books written by at least 40 authors (the number of authors, for example, on some of the history books that cover 400-500 years is unknown) over a period of 1500 years.

It is divided into two main section, the Old Testament that covers the time before the birth of Jesus Christ, and the New Testament which begins with the birth of Christ. Christians share the Old Testament with the Jewish religion. They call it the Torah.

As the Old Testament books were written over a 1000+ year period, books were added as they were written. Its final form was made official around 500 year before the time of Christ. The Old Testament was written in Hebrew (except for a couple short passages in one of the last books written - Daniel - which are in Aramaic). The oldest known complete copies of the Torah date back to around 350-400 BC, with some scraps of manuscripts much earlier than that. None of the originals of any Old Testament books survive.

The New Testament books were written between 50 and 90 AD. There are enough quotes from other sources, letters by early church leaders like Clements of Rome, Polycarp, records from secular historians, etc. so show that they were familiar with the four gospels and most of the other writings of the NT by 100-120 AD. All of the New Testament writing are original in Greek (with the possible except that Matthew, which was address to Jews, might have been in Aramaic and translated to Greek - but no Aramaic versions survive). No copies of any of the originals survive. The books of the New Testament were not made official until around 320 AD, after the Roman Empire stopped executing Christians. The oldest complete surviving Bibles date from the early 400s (the law prevented the publishing of Bible before that). But copies of individual books, or partial New Testaments have been found that date back to the second century.

Christianity first came to England in the 400 ADs, brought there by the Romans troops. It got enough of a foothold that even though the Romans did not remain in England, the Christian religion did, and it has been an important influence in British history since that time.

Answer 2

Moses is thought to have written the first five books of the Bible.

Most of the books of the New Testament contain the name of the person who wrote it.

In the second century AD, the Catholic Saint Irenaeus gathered together the various books that he felt were the Inspired Word of God.

In the Fourth Century, the Catholic Pope convened The Council of Rome where they decided exactly which books belonged in theChristian Canon -- and which did not. The list included all those books that St Irenaeus included plus a few more. This list has remained unchanged as the Catholic Bible.

In the 16th Century, Martin Luther discarded several books from the Bible declaring (implicitly) that St Irenaeus was wrong about those books but right about the others. Most Protestants (even those who are not Lutherans) use this collection as their Bible today.

Shortly after this, the Catholic Church reconfirmed the list of books at the Council of Trent. Many Protestants think that this is when the Catholic Church set the books in the Bible -- but the list that the Catholics verified at Trent was the same list as at the Council of Rome.

Answer 3

Old testament was written by several authors. The first 5 books were written by Moses.

The New Testament was written by the first Disciples of Christ. Christ died around 33AD and the first manuscripts were circulating around 45AD. Another of the disciples finished his manuscript in the 50'sAD and another in the 60'sAD. Luke, in particular has been proven to be an accurate historian. He was a physician and kept very good records and accounts of things. All information he gives which can be checked has proven correct. A mistake has never been found. So, logic says that the uncheckable things must be accurate as well.

There was only about a 10 year gap between the end of Jesus' ministry and the eyewitness written accounts of what happened. Most people believe documents from ancient history which were discovered thousands of years after the fact and they accept them as accurate. Thousands of years vs. only a decade?

There is no question that the Bible is credible.

Answer 4

One question containing many... Bible and other Holy Books are the Divine Messages to humanity, descended on a Holy Prophet, through an ArchAngel, with a text. Such are God's Words. Other Messages are descended upon the heart of Holy Prophets as inspired thoughts, expressed in own words of the Holy Prophets. These are 'sacred' words. The noble persons compile the revelations in the form we know. Biographical works about the Holy Prophets are also compiled by noble, saintly persons. Similar is the 'history' of all Holy Books, in all Religions. Based on all this literature is the religious jurisprudence. Thus, there are Fundamentals and nonFundamentals in each religion.

Answer 5

Written by 40 different authors over 1500 years, the Bible was first totally compiled at the council of Nicaea, if I remember correctly (sorry can't remember the date). Catholicism was brought to England by Saint Augustine, not long after 300AD and the conversion of Constantine, although before this date there were Celtic Christians in England (some of whose stories were preserved by the Venerable Bede).

Answer 6

I am not sure about all of your questions but as far as where the bible came from and who is the author...

The bible is a compilation of several persons records of what happened back in the biblical days. It has many authors. The bible was put together by the church as a "manual" so to speak on how to live. The church leaders chose what books to put together and in the end they called the finished product The Bible.

Answer 7

The author of the Bible is God. He used approximately forty human secretaries.

The first compilation was by Moses. It was composed of the first five books, the Torah.

As to when Christianity came to England, the answer is dependent upon that professed "Christianity" to which you refer. Catholicism? Church of England? Christianity as practiced by the first century Christians?

Answer 8

The Bible(New Teatament)was revealed by the God,through his son Jesus to his disciples(4 Mark,Luke etc).They recorded it for the benefit of future generations.May be first compilation in AD 32 or so.Christianity came to Engalnd ,perhaps through France or rather French Missionaries.The exact year is not known.May be in 3 rd Century AD

Answer 9

The entire bible consists of inspired scriptures - 2Tim 3:16

40 different penmen came under inspiration and recorded what was told them to record as they were borne along by the Holy Spirit.

The first 5 books were written by Moses and then by 39 others during different centuries spread over a time frame of about 1400 years

Answer 10

The bible is a compilation of many book spreading centuries.
God is the author, using the prophets and saints to write it..