How was the Bible written?

Question

Was it carved into stone?

Answer 1

The Bible was written over a period of 1500 years--off an on until about 100 a.d. Numerous men wrote portions at different times on scrolls as God, through the Holy Spirit, worked in there lives. The ten commandments were the only thing carved in stone--the rest was written on scrolls.

Answer 2

The Bible was written over a period of about 1600 years. Scribes followed the prophets and kings and wrote the events found in the Old Testament. The New Testament was written from either eyewitness acounts of the life of Jesus or second hand knowledge.
The Holy Spirit of God inspired what was written. God used 40 men to write the Bible. Be assured that the Bible is indeed the very Words of God!

Answer 3

only the 10 commendements wer carved in stone

the first 5 books, God was the editor and spoke over 40 years to Moses face to face

the books of the Old Testament were written by a prophet or under a prophet;s guidance

the books of the New Testament were written by an apostle or approved by an apostle

God worked over many years, providing inspiration through dozens of people as explained by other posters above

Jesus back form the dead said "foolish men and slow of heart not to believe in all that the prophets have spoken"

Answer 4

The stories of the Old Testament were told orally until about the sixth century B.C. Then a scribe, possibly Ezekiel, wrote them down. About 400 years later Ptolemy was building the greatest library in the world at Alexandria, Egypt. Since there were many Hellenistic Jews in Egypt who could not read Hebrew, Ptolemy wanted a Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures for his library. So, he petitioned Judea to send scribes to Egypt to translate the scriptures. They went, made the translation and it is called the Septuagint (Greek for seventy, after the traditional seventy scribes). The Septuagint quickly became the most widely accepted translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (Jesus and the apostles used it). Then after Jesus died many of the apostles wrote down what they had learned from Him in stories, synopsizes, letters, apologies (explanations), etc. These writings, as well as others (Clement's letters to the Corinthians, Barnabas, The Shepherd Hermas, etc.) began to be regarded as equally scriptural as the Hebrew Scriptures. There was more than a little disagreement about which writings were 'inspired' until about the turn of the forth century A.D., when the Bible took the form that we have today.

***Alternate Ending***
In the sixteenth century, Martin Luther rejected several books from the Old as well as New Testament cannons, because they were too difficult to reconcile with his new form of Christianity. The German royals who were protecting Luther from his many enemies put pressure on him to put the New Testament books back into his version of the Bible. He eventually gave in, but still added the word "only" to his translation of a key verse in Romans. Subsequent followers of his revolt removed the imprudently inserted word, but never restored the Old Testament books that Luther removed. This is the Bible that Protestants have today.

Answer 5

It is thought by some, that the first book of the bible,may have started of as a staff with carvings of historical events, and that is was passed down from generation to generation
The account of those events were probably orally spoken to who ever the staff was handed down to.
It was not until the Hebrews developed an alphabet that it became written,

Answer 6

Only the Ten Commandments part.

The other parts were communicated by the Holy Spirit to different people at different times.....some became oral tradition before they were written down, but the original manuscripts are considered to be inspired by God. The Church has never made a determination on just HOW this was done. That really doesn't matter.

Answer 7

The Bible was written on papyrus and parchment. Cuniform or clay inscriptions from surrounding cultures are in existence, but none of the Bible itself.

Answer 8

Scraped leather at first. The material is called vellum or parchment. The paper came later. Paper is harder to make but lasts much longer.

Answer 9

On any media that could be written on! ie. Stone, parchment, etc.

Answer 10

No. It was a biro, on paper from Staples.