The Various Tools Used by Bible Writers Introduction The Bible is the most read book in the world today, as we know it. It is also the longest-running, or should I say oldest, book still available on shelves worldwide. The Lord has blessed us with the technology we have today. We have computers, laptops, typewriters, and even pocket machines that can write things down or even voice record. But think back to the days when the words that fill the pages of the Bible were lived and charted. What time was it in those days? Think of the tools that were used to give us the very book we know today as our guide to knowing the true God. I know we struggle with this process even now, but think how much more difficult it must have been for those people of that time to write page upon page of stories and reports. The endless hours needed to write a single book of the Bible. The process of gathering information and the fact that all these books could have survived the times and been brought together to form a single book that would last more than a thousand years later. In this article I will tell you a little about the various tools used by the writers of the Bible. Papyrus Papyrus is an aquatic plant whose fibers were used by the Egyptian people to make writing material. It was also used as a material for mats, sandals and sailcloths. The brownish flowers were made into garlands for the shrines of the Egyptian gods. Many people think that Moses' mother hid her son in an ark made of papyrus. The papyrus plant still grows in the Nile Valley in Egypt. It is also found in Ethiopia, Syria, southern Italy and Sicily. The... middle of the paper... its diverse literature. The Christian Old Testament organizes the books according to their type of literature: the Pentateuch, corresponding to the Torah; historical books; poetic or wisdom books; and prophetic books. Some have perceived in this summary a sensitivity to the historical perspective of the books: first of all those that concern the past; then, the present; and then, the future. The Protestant and Roman Catholic versions of the Old Testament place the books in the same sequence, but the Protestant version includes only the books found in Judaism's Bible. The New Testament includes the four Gospels; the Acts of the Apostles, a history of early Christianity; Epistles, or letters, of Paul and other writers; and an apocalypse, or book of revelation. Some books identified as letters, particularly the Book of Hebrews, are theological treatises.