The Bible is the sacred book of Christianity, including both the Old Testament and the New Testament. The bible is a collection of 66 books. Within these 66 books is the story of the development of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Thorough examination of these 66 books suggests how the literature was produced and how it reached its final form. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the process of canonization, the categories included/excluded from the Jewish or …showed first 75 words of 702 total…

…showed last 75 words of 702 total…we get to the modern world, the more manuscripts are available. The above topics are just an introduction to the Bible. Through these topics we have learned a deeper understanding of Judaism and Christianity, and the communities that produced and passed it on to us. It introduced us to the people who lived thousands of years ago, and it shares their struggles, their victories and defeats; but most of all it shares their religious insights.