Islam's Roots

[JPaul]

Bible = Old Testament + New Testament.

Old Testament = Before Christ, but speaks of his coming.

New Testament = Life and Teachings of Christ.

To Catholics the really important parts are the Gospels (New Testament), written by Mathew, Mark, Luke and John and the Epistles, which are basically letters to various peoples. The Gospels are effectively their versions of what Christ did, said and taught. The Epistles are more like interpretations of theological points.

Ripening dates are considered to be of minor importance.

[thewizeard]

I have a question....who wrote the first version/copy of the Bible? And when was it written, keyword when? Is it plausible (ok I'm assuming, I'm not making any real statements SO PLEASE PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong which I probably am) that a person (or group of people) wrote about Jesus and whatnot hundreds of years after his crusifiction (spelling!)?

How did the authors know that that was exactly what happened? Once again, I don't know for sure when the bible was written, but I'm assuming it was many many years after Jesus died....

Just something that bothers me.

Oh and another thing, once again correct me if I'm wrong, isn't there a passage somewhere in the bible that talks about how when Jesus was born the dates were ripe? Then how can Jesus have been born in December...dates aren't ripe in december, are they?

(hey that dates being ripe thing could have been something stupid I heard a long time ago, I honestly don't know if it's in the Bible).

The Holy Scriptures — The Tanakh


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