The Bible Composition

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The Bible is composed of how many separate writings or books?

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The Bible is composed of 66 separate writings or books.

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It was written over a period of approximately of how many years and by how many authors?

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1400 to 1800 years by more than 40 authors from various walks of life. While many of the authors are identified, some remain unknown.

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The Bible is divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. How many books are there in each?

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Old Testament 39 books and 27 in the New Testament.

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The Old Testament, the Bible of the nation of Israel, was divided into three segments: the Law or Torah, the Prophets or Nebi'im, and the Writings or Kethubim.  Also known for which acronym?

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TANAK

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 Although the Old Testament was written in Hebrew and Aramaic, it was translated into Koine (common) Greek around 250-100 B.C. This translation is referred to as:

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The Septuagint or the LXX.

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 While the Old Testament was originally written in two Semitic languages

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Hebrew and Aramaic, the vast majority of it is in Hebrew.

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The New Testament was written

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In Koine Greek.

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The Bible itself tells us how it was written:

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"All Scriptures is inspired by God" (2 Timothy 3:16). Men "moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God" (2 Peter 1:21).

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Autographs:

    In early history, writing was done on?

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On stone, clay tablets, leather (animal skins), and papyrus scrolls.

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Eventually the scrolls were replaced by

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The Codex