It is a curious coincidence that gods publish scripture using only the technology available to the ancients: first by word of mouth, then by the printing press. The Bible originated as follows:
Ancient humans swap myths.
People plagiarize ancient stories, claiming divine origins.
Stories are circulated by oral tradition.
Scribes write hearsay versions, from memory.
Scriptures are hand-copied, errors are introduced.
Some scriptures are assembled into the Torah.
The first Bible is crafted from Jewish texts and new scriptures.
The Bible is hand-copied from Greek, more errors introduced.
Leaders add or remove texts, then destroy previous versions.
New version is hand-copied, introducing more errors.
Printing press prevents further copying errors.
Bible is organized into chapters and verses.
