We briefly look at an overview of the historical sweep behind the Bible. A more focused presentation of the historical periods behind both Testaments comes in a later podcast. The Bible contains different forms of writing, by different authors over 2000 years. There is a discussion of the division of time into "BCE" and "CE". Gen 1-11: Predates Abraham, stories of Creation and other stories part of a mythological collection , written during the Exile in the 7-6th Century. Second Testament ("new") occurs in the late first century CE. Paul is the first writer in the 50s; Gospels written 70-late first century CE. Other writings (of the apostles and Book of Apocalypse) date to the second half of the first century CE.