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A Little About the Bible

Written by Berniece Shuster
Edited by Brandon Jubar

What Is It?

The Bible is a collection of "little books" of every sort and description written over a long period of time (1200'); document.write(' BC or earlier, and late as 150 AD). The Catholic Church recognizes 46 books written before Christ as the Old Testament '); document.write('and 27 books written about Christ as the New Testament. These books are bound together as one book and were originally w'); document.write('ritten in Hebrew or Aramaic, and some in Greek. The Bible contains all types of literature, some of which are ancient so'); document.write('ngs and poetry; (Psalms); love stories (David and Bathsheba); fiction (Jonah); biography (Jesus); great drama (Revelatio'); document.write('n); numerous proverbs; tragedies; short stories; and the most extraordinary letters ever written (St. Paul).

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