How to read the bible

The map of the Old Testament

Why the land of Canaan was important. The land of Canaan was important because it was where Africa, Europe and Asia could trade, it was also called The Land Bridge.

Timeline

The Bible is not just a book it is a library, with many sections of history, poetry, law, minor and major prophets. Old and new?

The Bible is not all true, this is because it the language has been changed from Oral to Aramaic to Greek to Latin and to English so the translation has been changed but stories still

Keep there morals

The Christians mean by "The bible is inspired" is when the stories have meaning because they may not be true. The catholic understanding of the word truth is when you are pure to God.

There are a couple different types of writing styles, one of the writing styles is Myths. One story that is in the category of Myths is The Beginning

it is in the that category because it tries to explain how the universe was made in a religious sort of way