Atheist Caller: Bible or Church first?: Which came first, the Bible or the church? [Hebrews 11]. Atheist Caller: Defining the Bible: How would you define the Bible or the scriptures? Atheist Caller: Intertestamental Period: Doesn't it seem questionable to have nearly 400 years of things happening (between the writing of the Old & New Testaments) before the Bible is finalized? And what about the wars between the opposing sides?