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The Bible Wasn't Written All at Once — Here's How It Really Formed

If you opened a Bible today, you'd hold what appears to be a single unified book. But historically, it took over a thousand years, dozens of authors, three languages, and countless debates to form. How did scattered writings—letters, prophecies, histories, and gospels—become Scripture? This documentary traces the evidence from oral traditions in ancient Israel through the Babylonian exile, the formation of the Hebrew Bible, the earliest Christian letters of Paul, the writing of the four Gospels, and the theological debates that led to the closing of the New Testament canon in the fourth century AD. You'll discover why different Jewish groups disagreed on which books were authoritative, how early Christians responded to heresy by defining orthodoxy, what criteria bishops used to evaluate texts, and why Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox Bibles still differ today. We rely on ancient manuscripts, early church sources, and recognized historical scholarship to explain how the Bible formed—not to argue theology, but to show the documented process. This video examines how communities wrestled with texts, tested them against their faith, and handed them down through generations. Chapters: The Problem with "One Book" The Hebrew Scriptures Take Shape The First Christian Writings The Problem of Heresy The Criteria for Canon The Councils and the Canon The Bible After the Canon What the Evidence Tells Us Topics covered: Oral tradition, Torah formation, Babylonian exile, Dead Sea Scrolls, Paul's epistles, Gospel authorship, Marcion's canon, Gnostic texts, Muratorian Fragment, apostolicity, orthodoxy, Athanasius' Festal Letter (AD 367), Council of Hippo (AD 393), Council of Carthage (AD 397), Jerome's Vulgate, deuterocanonical books, Protestant Reformation, Catholic vs Protestant canon. DISCLAIMER: This video is for educational purposes. The creator is not responsible for any outcomes or interpretations of the content in this video. 🔔 If you found this exploration of biblical history insightful, please like, subscribe, and share with anyone interested in early Christianity, Scripture formation, or evidence-based religious history.