Moses wrote it after the fact
God told him all about it and told him what to write
2006-08-07 07:19:17
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answer #1
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answered by clair 4
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As the original meaning of the word indicates, the Jewish and Christian Bibles are actually collections of several books, considered to be inspired by God or to record God's relationship with humanity or a particular nation.
The Hebrew Bible (also know as the Jewish Bible, or Tanakh in Hebrew) consists of 24 books, and to a large extent overlaps with the contents of the Old Testament of Christianity, but with the books differently ordered. The Tanakh consists of the five books of Moses (known as the Torah or Pentateuch), a section called "Prophets" (Nevi'im), and a third section called "Writings" (Ketuvim or Hagiographa). The term Tanakh is a Hebrew acronym formed from these three names. Although the Tanakh was mainly written in Biblical Hebrew, it has some portions in Biblical Aramaic.
Some time in the 3rd century BCE, the Torah was translated into Koine Greek, and over the next century other books were translated as well. This translation became known as the Septuagint and was widely used by Greek-speaking Jews and, later, by Christians. It differs somewhat from the Hebrew text as standardized later (Masoretic Text), and was generally abandoned, in favour of the latter, as the basis for translations into Western languages from Saint Jerome 's Vulgate to the present day. In Eastern Christianity, translations based on the Septuagint still prevail. Some modern Western translations make use of the Septuagint to clarify passages in the Masoretic Text that seem to have suffered corruption in transcription. They also sometimes adopt variants that appear in texts discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. (For more information, see the entry on Bible translations).
The collection of books that the great majority of Christians (including members of the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox Churches) call the Old Testament include not only the 24 books of the Jewish Tanakh, but also certain deuterocanonical books preserved in the Greek of the Septuagint. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes seven such books (Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), and Baruch), as well as some passages in Esther and Daniel, that are not included in the Jewish Scriptures. Various Orthodox Churches include a few others, typically 3 Maccabees, Psalm 151, 1 Esdras, Odes, Psalms of Solomon, and occasionally even 4 Maccabees. Protestants in general do not recognize these books as truly part of the Bible, though they may print them along with the books they do recognize.
The New Testament is a collection of 27 books, written in Koine Greek in the early Christian period, that almost all Christians recognize as Scripture: the four Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, Letters of Saint Paul and others, and the Book of Revelation.
2006-08-07 07:35:54
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answered by ~Untold Wisdom~ 4
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The real point is that the Bible was written by PEOPLE, as were all religious tomes. The one true God may be infallible (though the Bible contradicts this idea repeatedly). But one thing we can be absolutely sure of is that PEOPLE, all people, are highly fallible. Even as the words are passed down by the Lord, they are corrupted by the hand of the author.
We should not assume that the Bible is worthless in its corruption. Rather, we must understand that it is imperfect. If you want real answers, you must look directly to God, or to yourself.
Alternately, you can find all of your answers on Yahoo! Answers.
2006-08-07 07:26:30
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answer #3
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answered by anonymous_billy 2
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The bible is basically a work of "faction". References to real places and some real people, crafted into a series of allegorical tales (like Grimms Fairy Tales and Aesops Fables) in order to impart a particular set of moral teachings on the otherwise ignorant and uniformed masses. Inherently, it is no more true than the story of the three bears, which was intended to teach children not to take what doesn't belong to them.
2006-08-10 04:24:39
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answered by Knowitall 1
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yes,human evolved from animals,the first human roughly from two places, egypt and china. thats what i learn about this part of history. bible is the ethical book to educate goth people from killing and eating each other. it means good and not true on the human made by god. before jesus theoy, buddism is 1000 year earlier than that. antient chinese confuciusm is 1500 more years earlier than that. at that time, east is far more civilized than west.
2006-08-07 07:45:18
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answered by Anonymous
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The first draft of the bible, before humanity took over, was written by a now extinct subspecies of the prairie dog, called a "calligopher."
2006-08-07 07:23:24
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answered by Bobby E 3
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The bible was written by many individuals. however, the pentatuch (1st 5 books) is a bit elusive. yes, first there were animals, but the creation story was recounted by Moses.
2006-08-07 07:25:32
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answered by mnbaby2156 2
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Moses wrote down the first five books of the Bible, as the Holy Spirit gave it to him.
2006-08-07 07:23:19
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answered by Anonymous
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Iguanas
2006-08-07 07:43:10
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answered by Anonymous
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There was BC before Christ hen there was just animals and AC After Christ. Iam guessing it was the Apostles who wrote the Bible.
2006-08-07 07:21:17
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answered by Anonymous
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the bible is actually one big history book, written by more than one person. i'm assuming that God told Moses about everything before his time.
2006-08-07 07:21:34
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answered by onomatopoeia 5
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