Authorship:

• More than one writer
• Order of stories: were they meant to be read consecutively the way we read them?
• Are they meant to be seen as a cohesive story

History

• Were stories and facts exaggerated
• Are they other recorded records or is this the main source of primary sources from this time period?

Audiences:

• Why would a group of people sit down and write such an extensive work, was there an intended audience then?
• Did everyone read and write, or was this book originally for educated people and the rest of the people would have to listen to it orally?
• Was the Bible created to set a standard of obedience its audience?

Purpose:

• Why did these specific books get passed down?
• Did all books of the Bible get passed down and is there some logic to the ones that did vs did not?
• Basis for modern religion.