Where did the Christian bible come from?

Answer 1

The beginning of the Christian Bible came from the Jewish Bible. In the Christian Bible from where Jesus was born and on is a recount of the story from writers who passed it down from generation to generation.

Answer 2

According to tradition, the earliest of the books were the letters of Paul, and the last books to be written are those attributed to John, who is traditionally said to have lived to a very old age, perhaps dying as late as 100, although evidence for this tradition is generally not convincing. Irenaeus of Lyons, c. 185, stated that the Gospels of Matthew and Mark were written while Peter and Paul were preaching in Rome, which would be in the 60s, and Luke was written some time later. Evangelical and Traditionalist scholars continue to support this dating.

Some other modern critical scholars concur with the dating of the majority of the New Testament, except for the epistles and books that they consider to be pseudepigraphical (i.e., those thought not to be written by their traditional authors). Some do not. For the Gospels they tend to date Mark no earlier than 65, and Matthew some time between 70 and 85. Luke is usually placed in the 80 to 95 time frame. The earliest of the books of the New Testament was First Thessalonians, an epistle of Paul, written probably in 51, or possibly Galatians in 49 according to one of two theories of its writing. Of the pseudepigraphical epistles, Christian scholars tend to place them somewhere between 70 and 150, with Second Peter usually being the latest.

However, John A.T. Robinson, Redating the New Testament (1976), proposed that all of the New Testament was completed before 70, the year the temple at Jerusalem was destroyed. Robinson argued that because the destruction of the temple was prophesied by Jesus in Matthew 24:15–21 and Luke 23:28–31, the authors of these and other New Testament books would not have failed to point out the fulfillment of this prophecy. Robinson's position is popular among some Evangelicals.

In the 1830s German scholars of the Tübingen school dated the books as late as the third century, but the discovery of some New Testament manuscripts and fragments, not including some of the later writings, dating as far back as 125 (notably Papyrus 52) has called such late dating into question. Additionally, a letter to the church at Corinth in the name of Clement of Rome in 95 quotes from 10 of the 27 books of the New Testament, and a letter to the church at Philippi in the name of Polycarp in 120 quotes from 16 books. Therefore, some of the books of the New Testament were at least in a first-draft stage, though there is negligible evidence in these quotes or among biblical manuscripts for the existence of different early drafts. Other books were probably not completed until later, if we assume they must have been quoted by Clement or Polycarp. There are many minor discrepancies between manuscripts (largely spelling or grammatical differences).

Answer 3

The Christian Bible first came from the Jewish Bible, the first Christians being Jews. Various letters and writings were prepared by early Christian leaders: Paul, Matthew, John, Luke, and Mark (possibly a transcript of the Gospel story by Peter as told in Rome), and two brothers of Jesus, James and Jude. These letters were circulated among the churches and later compiled as a definite whole some three centuries later. This was handed down through various schools and churches over the two millennia and translated into various languages. The current Bible often traces its roots through three general routes. One is a Latin translation, called the Vulgate, another from orthodox church centers in Byzantium/Istanbul and Syrian Antioch, and the third through the coptic or Egyptian orthodox church.

Answer 4

In addition to the other 2 answers, it is important to know the amazing history of how the documents eventually got to us today. It is a story of God working through many people, many sacrifices and a lot of hard work.
For example, portions of the Hebrew portion of the Bible, the Old Testament, are over 3,000 year old! And they have been preserved for all those years!
The Bible is perhaps the most extensive ancient literature available today, and has a huge amount of manuscript evidence available to confirm it's content.
I can't give a lot of details in this short space, but you can find a lot on the internet.

Answer 5

A set of 66 little books called "biblias". Written by 42 men inspired by God over a period of 1600 years. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.

Answer 6

the old testament was based on the Jewish Torah.

the new testament was an arbitrary selection of works after JC's demise that enabled a certain sect to take control of the movement and establish the church hierchy we know and loooove today.

Answer 7

i didnt see this answer but the books in the bible are letters written to groups of people from apostles and stuff. (atleast in the new testemant)

Answer 8

Jewish Old Testament then added with Jesus's account/story and many books of other people.

Answer 9

The nightstand drawer in a motel room.