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Who wrote the Bible
Of course, the Bible has not always been in book form. The
earliest stories in the Bible were passed down through the generations
by word of mouth. People would gather together and
listen to the storytellers tell about Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel,
Noah, and so on. Scribes, or official writers, eventually collected
these stories — along with poems and songs, genealogical records,
and other important documents—and wrote them by hand
on scrolls.
In Jesus’ day, centuries later, scrolls were still in use. But
by that time, the Jewish people had put together a set of sacred
writings that was considered authoritative. This collection was
similar to what we know as the Old Testament. The early Christians
would add several books and letters to create a canon of
their own. And instead of keeping a collection of scrolls, Christians
eventually compiled their sacred writings into one big collection,
giving us the books of the Bible that we know today.