how was the Bible compiled?

Answer 1

AD 325 Constantine the Great called the First Council of Nicaea, composed of 300 religious leaders. Three centuries after Jesus lived, this council was given the task of separating divinely inspired writings from those of questionable origin. 312 CE when the Council of Nicea decided which books were scripture and which ones were burned.

Answer 2

Timeline of Bible Translation History

1,400 BC: The first written Word of God: The Ten Commandments delivered to Moses.

500 BC: Completion of All Original Hebrew Manuscripts which make up The 39 Books of the Old Testament.

200 BC: Completion of the Septuagint Greek Manuscripts which contain The 39 Old Testament Books AND 14 Apocrypha Books.

1st Century AD: Completion of All Original Greek Manuscripts which make up The 27 Books of the New Testament.

315 AD: Athenasius, the Bishop of Alexandria, identifies the 27 books of the New Testament which are today recognized as the canon of scripture.

382 AD: Jerome's Latin Vulgate Manuscripts Produced which contain All 80 Books (39 Old Test. + 14 Apocrypha + 27 New Test).

500 AD: Scriptures have been Translated into Over 500 Languages.

600 AD: LATIN was the Only Language Allowed for Scripture.

995 AD: Anglo-Saxon (Early Roots of English Language) Translations of The New Testament Produced.

1384 AD: Wycliffe is the First Person to Produce a (Hand-Written) manuscript Copy of the Complete Bible; All 80 Books.

1455 AD: Gutenberg Invents the Printing Press; Books May Now be mass-Produced Instead of Individually Hand-Written. The First Book Ever Printed is Gutenberg's Bible in Latin.

1516 AD: Erasmus Produces a Greek/Latin Parallel New Testament.

1522 AD: Martin Luther's German New Testament.

1526 AD: William Tyndale's New Testament; The First New Testament printed in the English Language.

1535 AD: Myles Coverdale's Bible; The First Complete Bible printed in the English Language (80 Books: O.T. & N.T. & Apocrypha).

1537 AD: Tyndale-Matthews Bible; The Second Complete Bible printed in English. Done by John "Thomas Matthew" Rogers (80 Books).

1539 AD: The "Great Bible" Printed; The First English Language Bible Authorized for Public Use (80 Books).

1560 AD: The Geneva Bible Printed; The First English Language Bible to add Numbered Verses to Each Chapter (80 Books).

1568 AD: The Bishops Bible Printed; The Bible of which the King James was a Revision (80 Books).

1609 AD: The Douay Old Testament is added to the Rheims New Testament (of 1582) Making the First Complete English Catholic Bible; Translated from the Latin Vulgate (80 Books).

1611 AD: The King James Bible Printed; Originally with All 80 Books. The Apocrypha was Officially Removed in 1885 Leaving Only 66 Books.

1782 AD: Robert Aitken's Bible; The First English Language Bible (KJV) Printed in America.

1791 AD: Isaac Collins and Isaiah Thomas Respectively Produce the First Family Bible and First Illustrated Bible Printed in America. Both were King James Versions, with All 80 Books.

1808 AD: Jane Aitken's Bible (Daughter of Robert Aitken); The First Bible to be Printed by a Woman.

1833 AD: Noah Webster's Bible; After Producing his Famous Dictionary, Webster Printed his Own Revision of the King James Bible.

1841 AD: English Hexapla New Testament; an Early Textual Comparison showing the Greek and 6 Famous English Translations in Parallel Columns.

1846 AD: The Illuminated Bible; The Most Lavishly Illustrated Bible printed in America. A King James Version, with All 80 Books.

1885 AD: The "English Revised Version" Bible; The First Major English Revision of the KJV.

1901 AD: The "American Standard Version"; The First Major American Revision of the KJV.

1971 AD: The "New American Standard Bible" (NASB) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Word for Word English Translation" of the Bible.

1973 AD: The "New International Version" (NIV) is Published as a "Modern and Accurate Phrase for Phrase English Translation" of the Bible.

1982 AD: The "New King James Version" (NKJV) is Published as a "Modern English Version Maintaining the Original Style of the King James."

2002 AD: The English Standard Version (ESV) is Published as a translation to bridge the gap between the accuracy of the NASB and the readability of the NIV.

Answer 3

No one really knows. What we do know is that it was not solidified at the time of the first Nicean council (325 CE), but it was solidified by the end of the 4th century.

Eusebius wrote a list of the books he considered canon prior to 325, and the final list differs from it by only a single book, Revelation. Eusebius considered it heretical. I guess someone snuck it in after he died.

Answer 4

The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by more than 40 authors over a period of I think about 1500 years.
It was written by prophets, kings, slaves, shepherds, doctors, tax collectors, etc...
Each book was carefuly studied and scrutinized and placed into what is referred to as the canon, or the collection of books that are accepted as the Word of God.
Here is a list of tests for inclusion in the canon
1. Was the book written by a prophet of God? "If it was written by a spokesman for God, then it was the Word of God"
2. Was the writer confirmed by acts of God? Frequently miracles separated the true prophets from the false ones. Moses was given miraculous powers to prove his call of God. Elijah triumphed over the false prophes of Baal by a supernatural act. Jesus was "attested to by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him" (Acts 2:22) A miracle is an act of God to confirm the Word of God given through a prophet of God to the people of God. It is the sign to substantiate his sermon; the miracle to confirm his message.
3.Did the message tell the truth about God? "God cannot contradict Himself (2 Cor. 1:17-18). Hence, no book with false claims can be the Wor dof God." For reasons such as these, the church fathers maintained the policy, "if in doubt, throw it out." This enhanced the "validity of their discernment of the canonical books."
4. Does it come with the power of God? "The Fathers believed the Word of God is 'living and active' (Heb 4:12), and consequently ought to have a transforming force for edification (2 Tim 3:17) and evangelization (1 Pet. 1:23). If the messageof a book did not effect its stated goal, if it did not have the power to change a life, then God was apparently not behind its message." The presence of God's transforming power was a srong indication that a given book had His stamp of approval.
5. Was it accepted by the people of God? Paul said of the Thessalonians, "We also constantly thank God that when you received from us the word of God's message, you accepted it not as the world of men, but for what it really is, the world of God" (1 Thess 2:13) For whatever subsequent debate there may have been about a book's place in the canon, the people in the best position to know its prophetic credentials were those who knew the prophets who wrote it. Hence, despite all later debate about the canonicity of of some books, the definitive evidence is that which attests to its original acceptance by the contemporary believers. When a book was received, collected, read, and used by the people of God as the Wor dof God, it was regarded a canonical. This practice is often seen in the Bible itself. Once instance is when the apostle Peter acknowledges Paul's writings as scripture on par with Old Testament Scripture.

Answer 5

A bunch of men got together, had a few too many glasses of wine, and threw together some stories and called it the Gospel. Hogwash!

Answer 6

Over the course of many centuries, God inspired various men to record events and truths that would be beneficial to us.

Answer 7

by Man