BIBLE
UNIQUE IN ITS CONTINUITY.
Here is a book:
Written over a 1600 year span.
Written over 60 generations.
Written by 40 plus authors from every walk of life including kings, peasants, philosophers, fishermen, poets, statesmen, scholars, etc.:
Moses, a political leader, trained in the universities of Egypt
Peter, a fisherman
Amos, a herdsman
Joshua, military general Nehemiah, a cupbearer
Daniel, a prime minister
Luke, a doctor
Solomon, a king
Matthew, a tax collector
Paul, a Rabbi
Written in different places:
Moses in the wilderness
Jeremiah in a dungeon
Daniel on a hillside and in a palace Paul inside prison walls
Luke while traveling
John on the isle of Patmos
Others in the rigors of a military campaign
Written at different times:
David in times of war
Solomon in times of peace
Written during different moods:
Some writing from the heights of joy and others writing from the depths of sorrow and despair.
Written on three continents:
Asia, Africa and Europe
Written in three languages:
Hebrew: Was the language of the Old Testament.
In II Kings 18:26-28 called "the language of Judah."
In Isaiah 19:18 called "the language of Canaan."
Aramaic: Was the "lingua franca" of the Near East until the time of Alexander the Great (6th century B.C.-4th century B.C.) 14/218
Greek: New Testament language. Was the international language at the time of Christ.
