William M: What are theories regarding the origin of the bible?
I’m looking for the different perspectives regarding the origin of the bible from the view point of believers and non believers. Specifically the approximate date it came into existence.
So from believers I’m looking for a bible passage or some kind of religious text that states the origins of the bible.
And from non-believers I’m looking a scientific article or some sort of historical account of the bible’s creation.
I am familiar with the Gutenberg bible so I am not looking for that date. I would expect it would be quite early into the A.D.
Answers and Views:
Answer by fancier_rmv04
The bible was written over a period of 1400 years by 40+ authors on three different continents in different walks of life speaking three different languages and never even met each other but when their words came together it was in perfect harmony from beginning to end. God inspired all of them what to write. All the writers even said themselves that God told them what to write.
It isn’t a big mystery. Constantine ordered a compilation that was lost to history. Then the Counsel of Nicaea complied it. It wasn’t that early, and it seems pretty weird how they chose what to include and what to leave out.
Now individual books were around. But the Bible as a complete work was rather far down the line.
Answer by YI would agree with fancier to an extent.
However, I would not agree that God inspired them. If you read the beginning of Luke, it clearly says to the effect of “Many people have written about Jesus so i thought I would do the same”
“Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.
Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you…..
Answer by BibleChooserGazoo is incorrect.
First, Nicea has nothing to do with the bible or biblical canon.
Second, it *is* true that Constantine I ordered the construction of 50 “bibles”. Many scholars believe that Codex Vaticanus and Codex Sinaiticus (from the mid-4th century) are two of those 50. It is important to realize that at this time there was no “fixed” set of biblical Scriptures. We see, for example, that Sinaiticus has “extra” books in the New Testamament, while Vaticanus is missing 1 & 2 Maccabees from the Old Testament. Apparently, the Scriptures to be included in each of the 50 ordered by Constantine were chosen by the compiler – and, so, those first 50 were likely all different in content.
The Scriptures to be included in the biblical canon were decided in council in Hippo 393 C.E. and Carthage 397 C.E. THis “Hippo-Carthage canon” (HCc) appears to have been used for the first book actually known *as* “the bible” – that is, the Latin Vulgate, which was first produced about 405 C.E. or shortly after. Our oldest existing Vulgate, the 8th-century Codex Amiatinus, follows the HCc exactly. The late 5th century Decretum Gelasianum also agrees with the HCc exactly.
The HCc agrees with the modern Roman Catholic biblical canon *except* that the book of Baruch is not included in the HCc. So, it appears that Baruch was added sometime after the 8th century.
I recommend that you research the topics mentioned if you want more information, especially
First Council of Nicea (which actually had nothing to do with the formation of the biblical canon – but many claim otherwise)
Council of Laodicea
Festal Letter of Athanasius
Synod of Hippo
First council of Carthage
Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Amiatinus
Codex Alexandrinus
Decretum Gelasianum
Jim, https://www.bible-reviews.com
Answer by mixmaxcheck the link below, lot of imp: information
https://www.jamaat.net/deedat.htm
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