Hello, I´m looking for bibliography on:
(1) How was the Bible (the Old and the New Testament) written and rewritten (I only know some Ehrman´s works about the New Testament).
(2) Which biblical references are plausible and which are implausible (according to other historical evidences).
Could you give me some bibliography on both topics?
(Perhaps these topics were already discussed, but I haven´t found them).

A monk sits by flickering candle light, transcribing a document that may not be written in the first language of said monk, and may well pertain to events and phenomena that he does not understand. The cultural imperatives of his time and place may further color the way he chooses to record what he is reading. Being human, he may also make mistakes. Multiply these factors by a few hundred, and plausibility is hardly an issue.

And what did the original writings really say? Go back more than a few centuries, and history takes on a different meaning from what it is today. There was little motivation to record change in the past, because few thought in terms of change. For pre-science, pastoral or agricultural societies, change was not apparent. Personalities came and went, seasons went through cycles, but the concept of change didn't really start until the age of science and industry, when one generation could look around and see that things were indeed different from what they were from the previous generation. There was not point in being accurate, because things just where what they where, and not likely to change. Better to write a good story to be told around the campfire, or in the grog-shop.

For plausibility, the archeology section of your library is a better bet, IMO.

seeker wrote:Hello, I´m looking for bibliography on:
(1) How was the Bible (the Old and the New Testament) written and rewritten (I only know some Ehrman´s works about the New Testament).
(2) Which biblical references are plausible and which are implausible (according to other historical evidences).
Could you give me some bibliography on both topics?
(Perhaps these topics were already discussed, but I haven´t found them).

It is hard to say what is predicatble and what isn't. What historians mostly do is to check a source with other sources. Historical journals often cost money. So, you will have to pay something to get access to expert knowledge. Maybe you can do a course at the university. Or look at Wikipedia, if you want an impression.