Was there a certain time period for the bible to be written?

Question

Who kept the records of all the information?

Thank you all for taking time to answer, but i still don't understand how all those stories got collected. There must've been a lot forgotten or lost.

Answer 1

The Old Testament was largely derived earlier myth with a few other stories thrown in, along with some rules that people wanted to add. It was passed down through "oral tradition". People would have the stories memorized and they would tell the stories to the next generation, who would memorize them.

The oldest stories in the New Testament were written by Saul / Paul decades after Jesus supposedly died. It didn't really contain much about the life of Jesus. Much later, other people wrote stories about Jesus and included stories about his childhood and other details. Much of it looks like it was derived from other common sources that weren't ultimately included in the Bible.

There were several attempts to consolidate the various stories into an official book. The Septuagint was an attempt to get the Old Testament in line. Later, a few centuries after Jesus supposedly died, the Catholic Council of Carthage attempted to put together an official canon. The rest of the stories were called "Apocrypha" and were no longer considered part of the Bible. There was still some editing and argument over what was properly part of the Bible up to the 15th century.

Answer 2

Obviously not...the Old Testament was written some three hundred years after moses had died, and the New Testament was written another three hundred years after Jesus was crucified. Stories were borrowed from other cultures to be semi verifiable, like the crucifixion,... this was originally the story of Hercules, loved by all, until the love and respect of the people became a threat to the hierarchy, which led to his murder. The bible is still being written today,...as the stories are reinterpreted and the table game continues.
The Greatest STORY ever told will never be on a time line.

Answer 3

The Bible as a whole was not compiled until the late 4th century and then it was compiled by a Catholic saint (St. Jerome) at the request of a Catholic pope (St. Damasus I).

Is the Bible the sole "teaching from God?" No. The Bible Itself states that their are "oral" teachings and traditions that are to be carried on to the present-day (2 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Timothy 2:2; Romans 10:17; 1 Peter 1:24-25). These teachings are what the Catholic Church considers "Sacred Apostolic Tradition." This type of "Tradition" never changes because it was passed down by the Apostles themselves. It is not the same as the man-made traditions condemned in Scripture. The man-made traditions condemned in Scripture were those of the Jewish Pharisees. In fact, as Christians, we are suppose to disassociate ourselves from persons who do not follow Apostolic Tradition (2 Thessalonians 3:6). If oral tradition is not to be followed, why did St. Paul state Christ said something that is not recorded in the Gospels (Acts 20:35)? St. Paul must have "heard" this saying, not read it from any Gospel or "Scripture," thereby, proving that some things Christ said were not recorded in the Gospels (John 21:25) and were passed on orally among His disciples instead, but were just as valid as anything written since St. Paul himself used one of these oral passages in one of his own epistles.

Which books of the Old Testament did the Apostles accept as Scripture? Did they accept the 46 books as in the Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible ? The Septuagint was accepted among the Hellenistic sect of Judaism (of which St. Paul was a member) and this canon did indeed include the same Old Testament books as the present-day Catholic Bible.

Answer 4

the bible is STILL being rewritten by lies and deceit.....
it is the way the religions get to brain-wash their believers!
Have you actually LOOK @ what is in the bible!
and ask the priests, rabbis to PROVE what's in the bible.
Yeah........
Jesus REALLY DID walk on the water.................
and the pope is REALLY jewish!
lmao @ the worthless bible!

How could human lies and deception be "the Word of God"???

Answer 5

Probably rewritten a lot of times - that is why it is fiction.