A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BIBLE
INTRODUCTION
Take your Bible and just hold it in your hands. Now think about how much this book really means to you. While you think about its value, consider the fact that this book, we call the Holy Scriptures, is the bloodiest book of all history. For many of its writers, death was an end result of their labor. For many, who through the following centuries would fight to preserve its integrity, would forfeit their own lives. Yes, this book which is the most precious in all the world, was purchased with the price of blood.A good foundation in the history of the Bible is a must. Knowing something of its history will cause a deeper appreciation for its worth and its message. This material will be devoted to learning more about how we got the Bible and how it has been preserved throughout history. Some outlines will be provided to show how this book has been put together, so that a better understanding of its message might be obtained.
