Bible Basics 4: A brief history behind the books of the Bible
Update: 2021-06-10
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We briefly look at an overview of the historical sweep behind the Bible. A more focused presentation of the historical periods behind both Testaments comes in a later podcast.
The Bible contains different forms of writing, by different authors over 2000 years.
There is a discussion of the division of time into "BCE" and "CE".
Gen 1-11: Predates Abraham, stories of Creation and other stories part of a mythological collection , written during the Exile in the 7-6th Century.
Second Testament ("new") occurs in the late first century CE. Paul is the first writer in the 50s; Gospels written 70-late first century CE. Other writings (of the apostles and Book of Apocalypse) date to the second half of the first century CE.
The Bible contains different forms of writing, by different authors over 2000 years.
There is a discussion of the division of time into "BCE" and "CE".
Gen 1-11: Predates Abraham, stories of Creation and other stories part of a mythological collection , written during the Exile in the 7-6th Century.
Second Testament ("new") occurs in the late first century CE. Paul is the first writer in the 50s; Gospels written 70-late first century CE. Other writings (of the apostles and Book of Apocalypse) date to the second half of the first century CE.
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