1. The Bible wasn’t written all at once.
Think of it like a library, not one book. Different bits were written over hundreds of years, then gathered together later.
2. It started as stories people told each other.
Before anything was written down, people told stories out loud. These were passed down for generations, especially around 3,000 years ago.
3. Writing began around 2,900 years ago.
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The oldest parts (like poems and early laws) started getting written around 900 BCE.
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That’s about 2,925 years ago.
4. The Old Testament came together over time.
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Different scrolls and books were written and edited over centuries.
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By about 2,200 years ago, most of it looked like what we have now.
5. The New Testament came much later.
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Around 2,000 years ago, people started writing about Jesus—his life, teachings, and what it meant.
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Letters by Paul (a big early Christian writer) came first, around 1,975 years ago.
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The Gospels (Matthew, Mark, etc.) followed.
6. It got collected into one book later.
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All the texts were copied and shared, and eventually organised into one book we now call "The Bible."
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This took a few hundred more years.
TL;DR:
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Bible stories were first told by word of mouth.
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First writing: about 2,900 years ago.
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New Testament: about 2,000 years ago.
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All put together into “The Bible”: later on, over time.