This is a difficult thing to answer because the entire Bible is filled with stories of early people. Please see attached links with some reading to get you started.
R. P. Nettlehorst has written: 'The Bible's most fascinating people' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, English, Biography, English Bible stories
Carol Mullan has written: 'New Testament Bible stories' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English Bible stories, N.T. 'Bible picture stories from the Old and New Testaments' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English Bible stories
F. McCready Harris has written: 'Bible scenes and stories for young people' -- subject(s): Bible, English Bible stories, Illustrations 'Nan's thanksgiving'
read the bible
It helps them gain wisdom on what to do in situations.
The theatre was mainly put on by the church to teach bible stories, so the people learned the stories of the bible through the plays they saw. This was important because people couldn't read, but the church wanted to teach them about the bible.
Marilyn Lashbrook has written: 'Good, Better, Best (Me Too!)' 'Ar y brig' -- subject(s): Bible stories, Bible stories, Welsh, Juvenile literature, N.T., Religious education of children, Welsh Bible stories 'Chunky Book of Bible Stories (Me Too!)' 'Good, better, best' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, Bible stories, English, Biography, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, N.T., N.T. Luke 'I Don't Want to (Me Too!)' 'Now I See (Me Too!)' 'The great shake-up' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, Juvenile literature, N.T., Saints 'Yn ffau'r llewod' -- subject(s): Bible stories, Bible stories, Welsh, Juvenile literature, Religious education of children, Welsh Bible stories 'Get lost, little brother' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, O.T., O.T. Genesis 'Rhywun i'w garu' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, Bible stories, Welsh, Creation, Juvenile literature, Welsh Bible stories 'The weak strongman' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, O.T. 'No Tree for Christmas' -- subject(s): Bible stories, Bible stories, English, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, N.T., N.T. Luke, Nativity 'I'll pray anyway' -- subject(s): Bible stories, Bible stories, English, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, O.T., O.T. Daniel 'Who needs a boat?' -- subject(s): Bible stories, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, O.T., O.T. Exodus, The Exodus 'Faith to fight!' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, Biography, Juvenile literature, O.T. 'More Than Beautiful! (Me Too!)' 'Don't Rock the Boat! (Me Too!)' 'No Habia Arbol De Navidad/No Tree for Christmas' 'Sowing and Growing (Me Too!)' 'Hau'r had' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, Juvenile literature, Parables 'God Speaks to Me' 'The best day ever' -- subject(s): Biography, Juvenile literature, N.T., Bible stories 'Da, gwell,gorau' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, Juvenile literature '\\' -- subject(s): Bible stories, O.T., Size, Juvenile literature 'Out on a Limb (Me Too!)' 'Two by Two (Me Too!)' 'Someone to love' -- subject(s): Creation, Juvenile literature 'Two lads and a dad' -- subject(s): Prodigal son (Parable), Juvenile literature, N.T., Parables, Bible stories
Laurent Lalo has written: 'Peter & the first Christians' -- subject(s): Bible, Bible stories, Bible stories, English, Bible stories, English. N.T. Acts I-XII, Christianity, Church history, Comic books, strips, English Bible stories, History, Juvenile literature, N.T., N.T. Acts 'David & Goliath' -- subject(s): Bible stories, Bible stories, English, English Bible stories, Juvenile literature, O.T., O.T. Samuel, 1st
The duration of Animated Stories from the Bible is 1800.0 seconds.
The Bible does have an intended purpose. It is full of stories, illustrations, analogies, and affirmations all designed to bring people back to God.
Is the Bible cruel with its stories full of violence and killing? Gosh, no! The stories in the Bible are just stories that had something to do with God. The Bible is not cruel. The Bible tells us what's right and wrong, and helps us through life.