The Bible include 39 volumes of the Old Testament and 27 volumes of the New Testament, a total of 66 volumes, written by different authors. The Old Testament was mainly written in Hebrew
(among which a small portion was in Slang), and the New Testament was written in Greek. It is generally believed that the book of Job may be the oldest book in the Bible, but the precise time for the book is unknown.
The writing of the New and Old Testaments lasted about 1,500 years. Nearly 40 authors of the
Bible not only differ in their respective eras, but also have different occupations and personalities, and the writing environment is also very different. For example, Moses was a political leader,
Joshua was a military leader, David and Solomon were kings,
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The New Testament entity, in the old covenant talks about the preparation of salvation for God's people, completed the promised salvation in the New Testament. There were
39 volumes of the Old Testament. Before Christ came to the world, God used various "prefigures" to prepare people's hearts so that they could receive Christ and His work of salvation. Therefore, we can say that it is a covenant promised to save. The content is based on the law, and the author is mostly a prophet. According to their different genres, they can be roughly divided into four categories.
The main idea of the Bible is to emphasize the covenant relationship between God and man:
When people keep the covenant, they are been blessed; if not, they will be punished.
Such a theme ideology has laid an overall aesthetic direction for the "Bible". The selection of the material in the author's creation is a typical case, both representative. Because of the influence of the theme, the Bible often uses contrasting, imaginative, exaggerated, and psychological descriptions to create specific biblical figures. It deliberately selects events, emphasizes the mutual influence of events and causes, and emphasizes that figures should be loyal to