Bible


 * __Bible__:** The Bible is a collection of [|texts] written by different people. Certain texts were written by [|historians] who tried to show what Ancient Israel was like. Other texts are [|poems] about [|God] . Still others were used to make [|laws] . All texts were written over a period of about 1200 years. Followers of [|Judaism] and [|Christianity] consider the Bible[|sacred] but they do not all agree about what belongs in the Bible. A number of texts are both in the [|Hebrew Bible], used by [|Jews] , and the Christian one.