1.+Understanding+the+Bible

= __** Understanding the Bible **__ = The Bible is primarily broken into two sections, The Old Testament and the New Testament. The Bible is not one long, consecutive story but can be thought of as a collection of many smaller books and stories. The Old Testament was thought to be originally written in Hebrew, with some sections in Aramaic and the New Testament in Greek. As the Bible has been translated from these ancient writings into hundreds of different, modern languages it is easy to see why there are slight differences in the text. Because of this, some of the writings need to be interpreted rather than taken literally. The first five books of the Old Testament are referred to as the Pentateuch known in Hebrew as //ḥumash// (from the root ḥ-m-sh, meaning "five").