Bible- Sacred text
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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