Ngokokulandisa, wayamukela amaKristu iningi, iBhayibheli lalotshwa 40 abalobi, phakathi 1500 no 450 BC (iTestamente Elidala) kanye naphakathi 45 no 90 AD (iTestamente Elisha), engamaphesenti a period of cishe 1600 kweminyaka. 6 mlando eziningi zikholelwa ukuthi usuku imibhalo yokuqala kubhekwe engcwele okuningi yamuva: ngokwesibonelo, kanti isiko Christian ubeka uMose njengoba umlobi wezincwadi zokuqala ezinhlanu zeBhayibheli (iziNcwadi Ezinhlanu Zokuqala), izazi eziningi ziyavuma ukuthi okuqala ihlanganiswe kuphela ngemva kokudingiselwa eBhabhiloni, kusukela neminye imibhalo yangekhulu leshumi kanye ngekhulu lesine ngaphambi Christ.7 izazi eziningi futhi bathi ukuthi salotshwa inqwaba abantu abavela ezigodini ezihlukahlukene futhi nações.8
Ngokombiko nencazelo engokoqobo kaGenesise (encwadini yokuqala yeBhayibheli), umuntu wadalwa uNkulunkulu ngothuli, 9 emva amazulu nomhlaba, 10 ayisithupha kuya nesishiyagalombili edlule, 11 futhi ngathola uNkulunkulu ophilayo emva igalelo umoya wokuphila zibe narinas.10 12
Liyincwadi kakhulu kunazo zonke tempos13 amakhophi 6 billion emhlabeni wonke, izikhathi eziningana 7 kunenani amakhophi endaweni 2nd of the List of 21 Books Bestsellers, The Book Vermelho.14
In the United States, umongameli kuphela umuntu ongazange enze isifungo isandla sakhe phezu iBhayibheli kwaba uTheodore Roosevelt (1901-1909), ngokombiko ezisemthethweni Architect of the Capitol.15 John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) efeni lakhe, ngokusho izincwadi ezabhalwa ngokwakhe, wafaka isandla sakhe phezu umthamo umthetho-sisekelo esikhundleni ukuveza eyayinawo lealdade.15 zabo No amarekhodi for omongameli baphambilini John Tyler (1841-1845). 15