Basic Facts about the Old Testament. 

It contains 39 different books, written over a time span of 1000  years, from 1400 BC to 400 BC.

Original language: It is written mostly in Hebrew, the language of the Jews
   It is the same as what is called the Hebrew Scriptures or Jewish Scriptures by the Jews.

It includes:

• Creation, Fall into Sin, Flood

• History Of the Jews, from 2000 BC to 400 BC

• Religious writings of the Jews, such as poems, songs, sayings, prophecies   

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