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AnswerThere is not really an 'original' Bible. The Jews in the last centuries before the time of Jesus began to write scriptures that took on religious or historical significance for them. Gradually the books of law were regarded as special, and were collectively known as the Torah, a term that later came to be used at times for all the books of the Hebrew Bible. Nevertheless, each book was written on a separate scroll and, apart from the Torah, or Pentateuch, there was no consensus as to exactly which books should form a special canon or Bible.

The Council of Jamnia is believed to have defined the canon of what could arguably be called the original Bible, the Hebrew Bible, around 90 CE. Of course this does not include the New Testament and so, from a Christian perspective, was incomplete.

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