Why was The Bible created?

The answer to this depends on whether you believe the religious claims to its origin or the historical claims. The religious claims say that God spoke to a Prophet named Moses who proceeded to write down the first five books of The Bible or Torah around 1300-1200 B.C.E. The historical claim is that The Bible is a composite of four different works composed between 1000-500 B.C.E. with each of the works have a different author or group authorship. These four groups include a Davidic Scribe named the Yahwist (J), a later Judean Scribe named the Elohist (E), a Priest during the Babylonian Exile (P), and a Legal Expert during the Babylonian Exile responsible for much of Deuteronomy (D).