About+the+Bible

The bible is a collection of books. The bible consisits of 27 books in the New Testament and 39 books in The Old Testament. Within each book there are chapters and within each chapter there are verses, for example Deut 8. 3-10, this means chapter 8 verses 3 to 10.The writings of the Old Testament first appeared as seperate scrolls in Hebrew, it is unknown when they were first gathered into a single volume. This Testament provides us with a history of the nation of Israel, their religion, and is used to communicate God's word to the people. The stories in the bible consist of songs, poetry, law and history as well as religious teachings. Many different people wrote the Bible as it was written over a long period of time, thousands of years. The very first stories go back to pre-history, long before writing was invented so they were passed on through oral traditions; singing and story telling.

