Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Canaan. These societies shaped the language, literary forms, and religious ideas found within the biblical texts. Development and Compilation of the Bible. The developmen

, and cultural factors. Influence of Hellenistic and Roman Eras.During the Hellenistic and Roman eras, the region where the Bible originated came under the influence of Greek and Roman cultures. This period witnessed the translation of Hebrew scriptures into Greek, resulting in the creation of the Septuagint, an important Gr