One of my favorite books is the Bible -- but maybe not for the reasons people might think. It's a great example of early storytelling. (I use that in a positive way!)
I do enjoy reading the collections of sacred texts or scriptures that Jews and Christians 
I like that you point out that Christians and Jews share the story -- through the Old Testament, anyway. So nice to find commonalities vs. differences!
Although very different now Christianity is rooted in Second Temple Judaism.
That's interesting -- I'm not so familiar with the term. Though I see it refers to a time period between 538 - 515 BC. That history is amazing
What gets me is many people think the bible is the word of god but Many different authors contributed.
EXACTLY. That has caused the exact opposite of the spirit of The Book -- conflict and violence. Man's interpretations make havoc
Personally I think it's good to have faith and even use the book as loose guidelines. I think it's interesting the Christian Old Testament overlaps with the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Septuagint.
Right with you. And frankly, I mash it all up with some good Buddhist scripture ;-)
Buddhism Faith is not only related to devotion to a person, but is also connected with impersonal ideas such as the efficacy of karma seems similar to me.