the Old and New Testaments there were four hundred years during which time books were not written. As the New Testament begins, it starts with four books commonly known as the Gospels. These gospels are a biography of the life and works of Jesus Christ himself. The remainder of the Bible contains mostly letters to various people and churches throughout Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy. These are letters of encouragement to the early churches of the world and many Christians who may have been imprisoned or in captivity in several countries. Still one question that plagues the minds of several modern day Christians is, how did the modern day Bible come to be? The Old Testament had been decided upon long ago. Elders in the Jewish church met and decided 39 different books in all. These books had been written over the span of several centuries and became what is today known as the Old Testament. The New Testament was somewhat similar. During the time shortly after Jesus, there was controversy over the books that were truly from God and those that were not. The early church hierarchy settled this dispute during the second, third and fourth centuries. During this time, councils, consisting of church elders, met periodically to determine which books had true divine inspiration and which were frauds. In the mid-fourth century, the New Testament was finally agreed upon and the Bible was finished (Bell and Campbell).Next, there is a spectrum of opinions that pertain to the validity of the Bible itself. Some believe the Bible to be an infallible historical book, while others disagree totally and disregard the Bible as a compilation of imaginary books that were concocted long ago. Though, after careful and extensive research, one would find that the Bible is a reliable source of historical information. One way of proving this is by considering the amount of archeological evidence that exists and coincides with the Bible. Several disc...
