ﻠDarby Bible description

Bible (the βίβλια Greek, βίβλιΠν plural, transl. Biblion, "roll" or "book") 1 2 is the religious text of sacred value for Cristianismo3 4 5, in which the religious interpretation of man's existence on earth motif under Jewish perspective is narrated by humans. It is considered by Christians as divinely inspirada2, and it is a doctrine document. It was the Catholic Church that copilou the Bible, defining what would be the inspired books, which in turn entered the Biblical canon. Later, other Christian groups that have emerged also adopted the Bible as Holy Book.
According to tradition, accepted by most Christians, the Bible was written by 40 authors, between 1500 and 450 BC (the Old Testament) and between 45 and 90 AD (the New Testament), totaling a period of almost 1600 years. 6 most historians believe that the date of the first writings considered sacred is much more recent: for example, while the Christian tradition places Moses as the author of the first five books of the Bible (Pentateuch), many scholars agree that were first compiled only after the Babylonian exile, from other texts dating from the tenth and the fourth century before Christ.7 Many scholars also claim that it was written by dozens of people from different regions and nações.8
According to a literal interpretation of Genesis (the first book of the Bible), man was created by God from the dust, 9 after the heavens and the earth, 10 between six and eight thousand years ago, 11 and earned a living God after blow breath of life into his narinas.10 12
It is the best-selling book of all tempos13 over 6 billion copies worldwide, a number 7 times greater than the number of copies of the 2nd place of the List of 21 Books Bestsellers, The Book Vermelho.14
In the United States, the only president who did not make the oath of office with his hand on a Bible was Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), according to the official records of the Architect of the Capitol.15 John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) in his possession, according to letters written by himself, put his hand on a volume of constitutional law instead of the Bible to indicate who owned their lealdade.15 No records for former presidents John Tyler (1841-1845).