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The Rig Veda, compiled around 1000 BCE in an archaic form of Sanskrit, is the oldest and most important of the Vedas. Some of the other important works are: the Upinishads, composed by various authors beginning in the seventh century BCE; the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, developed gradually between about 400 BCE and 400 CE. Source documents for the first books of The Bible are believed to have been compiled between the ninth and eighth centuries BCE by the 'E' source and the 'J' source, and compiled into the books of the Pentateuch by the 'D' source and 'P' source. The Pentateuch, consisting of the first five books of the Bible, was completed in much the same form as we know it today by around 500 BCE. The entire Old Testament of the Bible was completed by the second century BCE. The New Testament of the Christian Bible was completed early in the second century CE. So, the Rig Veda was the first Book from either set of scriptures to completed in a recognisable form. Arguably, the Bible was completed before the Hindu scriptures were finalised.

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