history: The Bible is my favorite book. It's pretty old, but it has some very interesting stories.
knowledge: Attitudes towards the Bible also differ amongst Christian groups.
response: Oh really!  I know that different Christan groups have varying attitudes towards the book.
history: The Bible is my favorite book. It's pretty old, but it has some very interesting stories.
Oh really!  I know that different Christan groups have varying attitudes towards the book.
Yeah! There's so many different interpretations by different Christian groups. I wonder how far back it dates...
knowledge: The New Testament is a collection of writings by early Christians, believed to be mostly Jewish disciples of Christ, written in first-century Koine Greek.
response: Well the New Testament was first written in Koine Greek, in the first century.  It's a collection, and was written by early Christians.  It's thought they were Christ's Jewish disciples.
history: The Bible is my favorite book. It's pretty old, but it has some very interesting stories.
Oh really!  I know that different Christan groups have varying attitudes towards the book.
Yeah! There's so many different interpretations by different Christian groups. I wonder how far back it dates...
Well the New Testament was first written in Koine Greek, in the first century.  It's a collection, and was written by early Christians.  It's thought they were Christ's Jewish disciples.
That's pretty old.  What do you know about the Old Testament?
knowledge: The Old Testament includes the books of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) or protocanon, and in various Christian denominations also includes deuterocanonical books.
response: Well it includes books of the Tanakh, which is the Hebrew Bible or protocanon.  In some Christian denominations it includes deuterocanonical books.
history: The Bible is my favorite book. It's pretty old, but it has some very interesting stories.
Oh really!  I know that different Christan groups have varying attitudes towards the book.
Yeah! There's so many different interpretations by different Christian groups. I wonder how far back it dates...
Well the New Testament was first written in Koine Greek, in the first century.  It's a collection, and was written by early Christians.  It's thought they were Christ's Jewish disciples.
That's pretty old.  What do you know about the Old Testament?
Well it includes books of the Tanakh, which is the Hebrew Bible or protocanon.  In some Christian denominations it includes deuterocanonical books.
Interesting! But do Christians only read the New Testament?
knowledge: Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Eastern Orthodox Christians stress the harmony and importance of the Bible and sacred tradition, while Protestant churches focus on the idea of ''sola scriptura'', or scripture alone.
response: I don't know.  I do know that for Anglicans, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics, the focus is on the importance of the sacred tradition and the Bible.  Protestant churches  on the other hand favor the idea of scripture alone.