How the Bible Was Formed E3 Today, most Bibles are a single book thats easy to carry and flip through. But the Bible started as an assortment of scrolls, bound together into a collection. The Hebrew Bibleor the Old Testamentwent through a centuries-long, iterative development process with a variety of scribes and prophets. It didnt come into its final form until roughly the time of Jesus. So how does this history interact with a view of Scripture as Gods word? In this episode, Jon and Tim continue exploring the formation of the Bible, discussing how to hold a high view of these sacred texts while also acknowledging the humans who shaped them. CHAPTERS An Inspired, Collaborative Work Over Centuries (0:00-12:00) A Final Shaping of the Hebrew Bible After Exile (12:00-26:59) The Second Temple Periods Flourishing Literary Culture (26:59-43:42) The Tanaks Standardization as the Masoretic Text (43:42-53:32) Wisdom Literature Designed for Meditation and Formation (53:32-1:00:03) Coming to Peace With the Bibles Formation (1:00:03-1:05:02) OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT View this episodes official transcript. REFERENCED RESOURCES The Journey from Texts to Translations: The Origin and Development of the Bible by Paul D. Wegner You can view annotations for this episodeplus our entire library of videos, podcasts, articles, and classesin the BibleProject app, available for Android and iOS. Check out Tims extensive collection of recommended books here. SHOW MUSIC Nice Day ft. Marc Vanparla, John Lee by Lofi Sunday Know My Name by Lofi Sunday, Opto Music But Hopeful ft. Maddox. by Lofi Sunday Forever Yours ft. Cassidy Godwin by Lofi Sunday BibleProject theme song by TENTS SHOW CREDITS Production of todays episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey is our supervising engineer, and he also edited today's episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty does our show notes, and Hannah Woo provides the annotations for our app. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.