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Describe and explain how the bible was complied and outline its importance to believers today.
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Christianity RS1 Describe and explain how the bible was complied and outline its importance to believers today The Bible is seen as sacred, inspired and holy to Christians. It is made up of 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. It contains folk tales, detailed laws, poems, hymns, proverbs, prophecy and wise sayings. There are a wide variety of different styles of writings, but all have a similar theme, that they all believe in the same God. The earliest known Christian writings are Paul's letters known as the epistles, thought to have been written around 200bc, but may have been earlier. They are letters that contain advice about being a Christian and how they should live. Most of the letters found in the bible are written by St Paul to groups of Christian friends. He focuses more on what Jesus' life, death and...
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