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The '''Bible ''' is the collection of documents acknowledged by Christians to be inspired by God. The Bible contains 66 books (Catholic and Orthodox contain 73) and is divided into the [[Old Testament]] and the [[New Testament]]. It tells of the story of the [[creation]] of the universe and [[man]] by [[God]], the rebellion of man against God and his rescue plan for humanity through his Son, [[Jesus Christ]].
The word Bible comes from the Greek word for book, [[biblion]].
====Extra-Biblical texts - [[Apocrypha]]====
A number of books are not considered to be part of the Bible by Protestant Christians, but are by other denominations - these books are referred to as [[ApocrphyaApocrypha|apocryphal literature]].
====Formation of the Bible / [[Biblical Canon]]====
Though the Early Church used the Old Testament, the apostles did not otherwise leave a defined set of new scriptures; instead the New Testament developed over time. By the fourth century the books included by today's Protestants in the [[Bible]] were roughly agreed upon.
===[[Translating the Bible]]===
The original languages of the various books of the Bible were [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]] (for Old Testament books) and [[Koine Greek]] (for New Testament books). A small amount of the [[book of Daniel]] was originally written in [[Aramaic]].
In the first few centuries after Christ the Bible was translated into a few other ancient languages (for example [[Latin]]) but it wasn't until the Protestant [[Reformation]] that widespread translation of the Bible into many languages (such as German and English) really began to occur.
Protestant Christians generally hold to [[Sola Scriptura]] which is the teaching that the Bible is the final authority on matters of faith and that it alone gives sufficient information for all matters of faith. This stands in contrast to Orthodox and Catholic Christianity which accept tradition as playing an equally important role in matters of faith.
==Bible Commentaries==
* [[Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary]]
==Bible Dictionaries==
* [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]]
==Quotes==
* [http://www.biblegateway.com Bible Gateway]
* [http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/ CCEL - World Wide Study Bible]
* [http://bible.crosswalkbiblestudytools.com/ CrosswalkBibleStudyTools.com]
* [http://www.bible.org/ Bible.org]
* [http://www.e-sword.net/ E-Sword Bible Software]
===Bible Study Links===
* [http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/ The World wide Study Bible]
* [http://biblebiblestudytools.crosswalkcom/ BibleStudyTools.com/ Bible Study Tools]
* [http://www.bible.org/ Trust worthy Bible Study Tools]
* [http://www.e-sword.net/ Free Bible Software] "Without payment you have received; without payment you are to give." (Mat 10:8 ISV)
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