What is the history of the bible?

Answer 1

It has a long history

Answer 2

The bible is a collection of written works compiled in the year 382 at the council of Rome. This came almost immediately after the conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine. The council selected books from Jewish texts which were determined to have been divinely inspired and either referenced the coming of the messiah or were referenced in the gospels of Mathew, Mark, Luke and John.
These books have remained in the Catholic up until the present day. 7 books were removed from the protestant bible by Martin Luther, mostly over the inferences to purgatory (which Luther disagreed with), or to salvation through good works and not by justification alone. This was done in the mid-1500's and this bible has also remained unchanged.

Answer 3

Hmmm...how about a "brief" outline instead? The full history would take forever to type out.

-The first five books of the Bible (the Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, and Numbers) are believed to have been written by Moses (though other writers such as Joshua probably contributed) between 1500 B.C. and 1200 B.C.
-The last book of the Old Testament was completed in around 500 B.C. After this time, it's said in apocryphal texts that the prophets had "dried up."
-The Old Testament contains many different kinds of writings, and was written at many different times, by many different writers, from all different backgrounds. Kings contributed, as well as the poorest of the poor.
-The New Testament was written between around 50 A.D. and 95 A.D. A very small contingent of "scholars" insists it was written later, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest that the majority of the books (minus the writings attributed to John son of Zebedee, one of Jesus' disciples) were written before 70 A.D.
-The official canon was initially decided at the first Council of Nicea, in about 325 A.D. However, the canon that was decided upon was almost identical to ones expounded by earlier Christian theologians, such as Justin Martyr and Origen.


So there ya go. That should get you started. There's so much more though. I would suggest going to a major bookstore, or go to amazon.com, and look into books on the history of the Bible. I've read some of them, but I'm too darn tired to remember everything I've read, and WAY too tired to go hunting through all the ones I own so I can type out the main points.

Answer 4

The historical part of the scriptures is where the bible agrees with man's archaeological findings and so substantiates the truth of its history. If you can put trust in this part then you can pretty much put faith in all of it.
So to understand that these 66 letters are from our creator to us then it might be prudent to make a closer investigation of all scriptures and to see how they are for our instruction.
See John 17:3, and 2 Timothy 3;16,17 That is if you are looking to gain life?

Answer 5

The theme of the Bible is the "Good News of God's Kingdom."

Answer 6

This video explains.
A theologian goes on a journey to find out who wrote the bible.
It is very interesting.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7785317849743909385

Answer 7

Do you have about ten hours? Wouldn't you prefer to read a book about the subject

Answer 8

You need to ask more of a question then just that. It is very hard to answer the way its stated. Sorry

Answer 9

Endlessly edited to suit the times.

Answer 10

Hm...this might be a while...but...:

Rubbish
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Exaggeration
Made-up fairy tale
Ripped off from earlier religion
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Exaggeration
ANOTHER rip off
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More rubbish
Rubbish
Rip off
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Taken out of context
Metaphor
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Does that help you out some? Just wondering...^_^