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Davebarry,

I agree, definition matter, which is why it matters when certain books of the Bible were composed. The Bible is not one book, and was most definitely not written during one period of time; to imply otherwise is simply bad history. The books of the New Testament alone span several centuries of composition. So, while the books which comprise the current Bible were indeed compiled less than 2,000 years ago, the writing of those books is far, far older. As you said sir, definitions matter: the writing of a text and the compiling of several texts into one tome is not the same thing.