The Bible Story States for many years by placing the first volume, which covers the first part of the Book of Genesis, in doctor's offices with postage prepaid postcards included for readers to order the set or ask for more information. Originally written in English, the books have been translated into French and Spanish (as "Las Bellas Historias de la Biblia"), and a new revision has been made based on the New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible. "The Bible Story" is jointly published by the Review and Herald Publishing Association and the Pacific Press Publishing Association, both closely associated with the
Historicity of the Bible with more than two points of view.| There is great scholarly controversy on the historicity particularly of those events recounted in the Biblical narratives prior to the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE. Regarding the debate over the historicity of ancient Israel, the maximalist position holds that the accounts of the United Monarchy and the early kings of Israel, David and Saul, are to be taken as largely historical. In 2001, Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman published "The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts" which advocated a view midway