PLEASE CORRECT ME IF IM WRONG?! BUT The Bible is not a single book; it is a collection of historical, legal and religious works which for convenience are bound together and regarded as a whole. It was composed by many hands at many times, and much of it may have had a long oral existence before it was written down. The dates of composition and of first writing are in most cases simply unknown, and by now probably unknowable, though there are some educated guesses. For instance, MOSES is said to be the author of the Pentateuch, and to have been educated in Egypt. Now if that is true, some Egyptian writings (e.g. the Book of the Dead may well antedate those early scriptures. If Genesis etc. actually date back much farther, then they may have preceded Egyptian and Babylonian writings or even (just possibly) the earliest Chinese ones. We just do not know. The Bible (or more exactly the Torah) could not be said to exist as an entity until around 100 AD when Jewish scholars at the Council of Jinnah fixed the canon of the Hebrew scriptures (the Law and the Prophets). The canon of the New Testament was not settled until a council at Rome in 382, at which point the Bible as we know it (both Testaments, viewed as one work) came into existence. Considering all this, it becomes hard to answer your question. Are you looking for a book composed (even written) before the first words in the modern Bible were put together? Then I must pass: I simply have no idea. It is clear that by 382 AD. the first date when one could sensibly talk of The Bible, very many books had been written and published. Do your research there is MORE to life than just what the Bible says....The Bible just helps guide us in life from right and wrong....and so on....
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:59:33 +0000
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