TheBible

I Definition of Terms

  (what is 'the Bible' [Hebrew vs Greek, Jewish vs Christian, Orthodox vs. Western, Catholic vs Protestant]; canon; apochrypha, pseudepigrapha)

II Description

   (Hebrew Bible divided into 3 sections, Law, Prophets, Writings; Christian Bible divided into 2 parts (Old and New) with some subdivision not so clearly defined/recognised; what is in each part and section; summary of contents of each section, part, book)

III History

    (modern reconstruction of composition of Hebrew Bible; of Christian Bible; don't try to explicate development of biblical criticism that underlies this here but cross-reference to article(s) to be written; try fairly to represent main stands of liberal vs conservative thought; outline history of transmission and translation after close of canons)

IV Interpretation