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Bible
The holy text used by Christians. It is includes Hebrew
Scripture (Old Testament), Christian Scripture (New
Testament). Some faith groups also include a group
of writings called the Apocrypha. The word originated
in the Greek word "biblos," which means "book." The
Greek word came from the ancient Phoenician port city
of Byblos (now Jubayl in Lebanon).
The
sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went
to carry the Word to the heathen" . A book regarded
as authoritative in its field. (Princeton)
A
collection of scripture, from the Greek word Biblia
[CE], meaning "books". May include only the Hebrew
and Aramaic scriptures of Judaism or may also include
the Greek scriptures of Christianity [New Testament
[CE]]. Christian bibles vary as to the number of books
[Biblical Canon [CE]] they contain and the sequence
in which the individual books are presented.(AOL)
The
primary source for the Christian faith. Anglican,
Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Bibles are made
up of the Old Testament, which tells the faith history
of ancient Israel until the building of its second
temple; the Apocrypha, which tells the political history
of Israel to the time of the Romans; and the New Testament,
which tells the story of Jesus Christ and how he fulfilled
God’s promises to Israel, its prophets and its kings
by dying for the sins of the people and then rising.
(Partial
Observer)
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