I must disagree with you prettykit. The Bible is not contradictory.
There are just many misunderstandings among those who do not know it as
well as they think. Remember what the Scriptures say:

"All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for
reproving, for SETTING THINGS STRAIGHT, for disciplining in
righteousness, that the man (or woman) of God may be fully competent,
completely equipped for every good work."

2Timothy 3:16,17

This shows that the Bible is meant to be a source of knowledge, and
being that it is referred to as the WORD OF GOD, it's His way of
teaching us. One cannot teach correctly if one contradicts oneself.
Also, we must realize that the previous scripture did not say the "New
Testimate" or the "Old Testimate" but referred to them both correctly as
the "Scriptures."