Understand that was originally written for an ancient culture that is now mostly absent. Also understand that it was written in segments at different historic m

Understand that was originally written for an ancient culture that is now mostly absent. Also understand that it was written in segments at different historic moments. The first 5 books of the Old Testament are the epic myths and early Jewish laws of the religion. This was written in ancient Hebrew and the Greeks called it the Pentateuch. Also keep in mind this comes entirely from oral tradition and was written much later after the formation of Hebrew writing. After that comes the Old Testament books about early Israeli religious history. It was during this time that the early Jewish people conquered the lands of Canaan and took writing from the conquered people. It was also during this time that they were conquered by the Chaldeans (Neo Babylonians) and introduced to Zoroastrianism. The early Jewish faith may have been monotheistic, or moving in that direction, before this, but exposure to an organized monotheistic faith really sealed the deal. After that are the various books about morality/judgement followed by a lineage of lesser prophets. The New Testament was largely written in Ancient Greek. The New Testament is the Christian portion following the faith of Jesus Christ. He had 12 apostles that followed him walking around and formulating the early Christian faith. The chief among them would travel to Rome to spread the faith, but the early faith as written comes from the gospel of a few apostles speaking with people and from the travels of Paul. Paul was a guy that encountered the early faith and wanting nothing to do with it. When Jesus died Paul experienced a spiritual revelation and traveled across Greece telling people about it. More important is that these travels and conversations were written down. Paul’s travels would become the bulk of the New Testament.