![]() ![]() ![]() ▪ “For the past two hundred years biblical scholars have usually assumed that the Hebrew Bible was written and edited mostly in the Persian and Hellenistic periods ( the fifth through second centuries B.C.E.). ![]() ▪ “Biblical literature was written down largely in the eighth through the sixth century B.C.E., or, between the days of the prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah.” Here are some statements that highlight certain contemporary views. You may have read some such theories in journals and books, or you may have watched scholars explain them in television documentaries. It has been called the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 6,000,000,000 copies printed (in whole or in part) in over 2,400 languages.ĪLTHOUGH the Bible is the most widely read book in history, there are many ideas in circulation regarding when it was written, especially the Hebrew Scriptures, often called the Old Testament. More than three billion people consider it sacred text. ![]()
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