How We Got the Word of God

Walk with us through the Land of the Bible and join us on this fascinating journey of how the Old and New Testament Scriptures were written, preserved, codified and published.

Learn how, when, and where writing developed, what languages and writing surfaces were used, and how the Sacred Scriptures were transmitted through written form.

Since ancient times, communicating the written "Word of Life" to mankind in all the world and to every generation has been a continuing process, employing earthly materials, technologies, and various writing methods that transmit the eternal Word of God.

Beautifully photographed and produced in the Land of the Bible by the Bible Society in Israel, this educational video describes the history of writing the Bible, the best selling book in the world. Portions of Scripture have been translated into 2,300 languages, making the Bible unlike any other book ever written.

From generation to generation, over the past three thousand years, the word of the prophet has been literally fulfilled, "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem." Isaiah 2:3