The Christian scripture and Jewish scripture, both are known as Bible. The works in both the scriptures are recognised as sacred and authoritative writings by the respective faiths. The old testament (which corresponds roughly to the canon of Jewish Scriptures), and the New Testament are two main parts of the Holy Bible. The Old Testament or Hebrew Bible was initially composed in Hebrew, but the parts of Daniel and Ezra were in Aramaic. One may get a view of Israelite religion from its beginnings to about 2nd century B.C. in these writings. And the New Testament is believed, in the Christian circles, to constitute a new 'covenant' in the history of God's dealings with his people, and is centered on his ministry of Jesus and also on the early development of the apostolic churches. It was originally written in Greek.
It was through the information of the canon of scripture that it was determined as to which of the writings were to be accepted in the Jewish or Christian scriptures. It was in about the 4th - 3rd century B.C. that the first attempt was made towards establishing the canon of Jewish scriptures, probably by fixing of the Law, viz. the Pentateuch (the Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy). In addition to this, a group of writings which are known as prophets seem to have given recognition by Ben Sira (circa 117 B.C.). The rest of the books of the Hebrew Bible, which are known as Writings (e.g. of the Books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job), were perhaps the last to be settled. It was only after the decision taken by the council at Jabneh in circa A.D. 100 that the final selection of authorised Jewish scriptures was treated as complete. And the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, which had some other writings, was not found to be acceptable at Jabneh.
A great number of early Christians accepted the Jewish Scriptures, but frequently they also had access to the Septuagint and some other translated works of the Hebrew Bible. The exact limits of the 'Old Testament' continued to be a topic of debate in to the reformation period, causing a difference between the protestant and Roman Catholic Churches. Several works at the council of (1546) were accepted as deuterocanonical by the Catholics but were lebelled as Apocrypha by the Protestants marking them outside the canon. In general only the writings of the canon have been accepted by the Protestant Churches in their versions of the Old Testament.
It was due to beginning of the collection of specifically 'Christian' writings by early Christians that four Gospels, the Acts, and 13 Pauline letters were testified for recognition by Irenaeus and soon became the basis for a 'New Testament'.
While concluding the brief history of the Holy Bible it will not be out of place to mention that the stories, poetry, and reflections found in the Biblical writings have influenced enormously the doctrines and practices of two major faiths along with the Western culture, its literature, art, music.
So finally, Holy Bible is the world famous book of Christianity Religion...
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It was through the information of the canon of scripture that it was determined as to which of the writings were to be accepted in the Jewish or Christian scriptures. It was in about the 4th - 3rd century B.C. that the first attempt was made towards establishing the canon of Jewish scriptures, probably by fixing of the Law, viz. the Pentateuch (the Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy). In addition to this, a group of writings which are known as prophets seem to have given recognition by Ben Sira (circa 117 B.C.). The rest of the books of the Hebrew Bible, which are known as Writings (e.g. of the Books of Psalms, Proverbs, Job), were perhaps the last to be settled. It was only after the decision taken by the council at Jabneh in circa A.D. 100 that the final selection of authorised Jewish scriptures was treated as complete. And the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, which had some other writings, was not found to be acceptable at Jabneh.
A great number of early Christians accepted the Jewish Scriptures, but frequently they also had access to the Septuagint and some other translated works of the Hebrew Bible. The exact limits of the 'Old Testament' continued to be a topic of debate in to the reformation period, causing a difference between the protestant and Roman Catholic Churches. Several works at the council of (1546) were accepted as deuterocanonical by the Catholics but were lebelled as Apocrypha by the Protestants marking them outside the canon. In general only the writings of the canon have been accepted by the Protestant Churches in their versions of the Old Testament.
It was due to beginning of the collection of specifically 'Christian' writings by early Christians that four Gospels, the Acts, and 13 Pauline letters were testified for recognition by Irenaeus and soon became the basis for a 'New Testament'.
While concluding the brief history of the Holy Bible it will not be out of place to mention that the stories, poetry, and reflections found in the Biblical writings have influenced enormously the doctrines and practices of two major faiths along with the Western culture, its literature, art, music.
So finally, Holy Bible is the world famous book of Christianity Religion...
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