How old is the bible's Old Testament?

Answer 1

So old it ows Jesus 5 bucks.

Answer 2

the books of the old testament vary in age. the oldest known text is the first five or the pentateuch, but the exact age of the written versions are not fully agreed upon. the one book i know to be the oldest version and is currently on display in israel is the book of isaiah scribed on a single copper sheet and found as one of the books at qumran which were first found in 1947. it has almost identical language as is in the current version found in the old testament. other written versions of the books may be older, but i don't know which, if any, it would be. it may be that written texts followed oral traditions and this may be true of the first five, all being attributed to moses nearly 4000 years ago.

Answer 3

As per my knowledge Holy Quran is about 1500 years old like wise the Holy Bible is around 3500 years old. The oldest text, poems, epic or any religious books are Hindus or Indians. Their religion is also the oldest in the world as per Guinness book and also historians. Oldest religious book is their Holy "Vedas". The holy Ramayana is about 8 to 10 thousand years old and their Holy Bhagvat Gita is around 4000 years old. The only religious book with Great Jesus name is Hindus' Bhavishya Purana it is about 2,500 years old as per historians. Most of the happenings in the world written in this book. Some historians say it is around 2,000 years old but Christian missionaries say it is after Christ. About Prophet Mohammed's name and character is also mentioned in Hindus' Vedas. Reading Hindus religious books and texts are very difficult as it is in Sanskrit language. - With love and respect - Biju John

Answer 4

about 5 million years old and it actually stands for something the 40 days of noah and the 1 mosas that struck water from a rock and 2 for the burning bush times the number of times Jesus was whipped by the Romans equals the years of the Old Testiment

Answer 5

It was 2513 after Adam and 1553 before Christ when Moses began to compile Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy [ 1553 + 2006 = 3559 years ago]. They were in wilderness to 40 years to be 1513 before Christ.
Job is a book that Moses compiled, Joseph died 1698 before Christ, Job lived 65 years to the year Moses was born in 1633 less 80 years Exo.7:7; to be 1553 at Exo.12:40,41;
It is quite evident that 430 years earlier, Abraham in 2083 after Adam, was collectiong information and any that Noah had could have been passed on by Shem, he died 25 years before Abraham and after Abraham was Isaac, Jacob and the 12 tribes.
Joshua wrote 1513 to 1512 and Judges 11:26[ 300? ]; if counted from Moses is 301.
1212 before Christ down to Judge Jair.
1553 less Acts 13:20; 450 years to Samuel in 1103 before Christ. 1513 less 390 = 1123 for Judges. David was 1107 before Christ less age 30 2Sam.5:4,5; in 1077 less 40 years king to his death to 1037. Solomon was age 29 in 1037 less 4 years in 1033 he begans the temple 1Ki.6:1; 480 years after the death of Moses, he is king 36 more years to die 997 before Christ, the prophets write in the nex 391 years to Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Daniel at 606 before Christ and Ezra, Mordecai, Nehemiah, Haggai and Zechariah write 70 years later to 100 years later.

Answer 6

Book of Job is the oldest but I don't know how old. Genesis writen by Moses is about 3500 BC
The others are after Moses

Answer 7

The OT is a story of the older religion of Judaism. Considering that the Jews were slaves in Egypt that'd make it about 2000-3000 years older than the NT. PEACE!

Answer 8

Moses penned the first five books of the Bible around 1500 B.C.

Answer 9

Read "Who Wrote the Bible" by Richard Elliott Friedman

Answer 10

The Wellhausen School assigned dates for these strands (and their later editing) from the 10th–5th centuries BCE.

Answer 11

No one knows. Experts say that the book of JOB is the oldest