Friday, December 28, 2007

Interesting Bible Facts...

Often times when we hold a Bible, we forget the resources God used to pull this book together. Below, is some interesting facts of the world's best selling book of all time...

The Bible was written:

- over a 1500 year span (from 1400 BC to AD 100)
- over 40 generations
- over 40 authors from many walks of life (i.e. - kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, scholars)
- in different places (i.e. wilderness, prisons, palaces)
- at different times (i.e. through war and peace)
- on three continents (Asia, Africa, and Europe)
- in three languages (Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek)

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