The BIBLE

The Bible is the sacred book of Christianity. Many of the biblical accounts, especially the "Old Testament" are believed not only by Christians, but also Jews and Muslims.
The word "Bible" originated from the Greek word, βιβλια, biblia, and means "books" or "collection of books". The origin of the Bible is very interesting, having been revised many times and multiple decisions leading to canonisation of the books as we know them today. It consists of two parts: The "Old Testament" (testament means covenant with God) which contains the Scriptures of the Jewish canon. The New Testament contains the Gospels (the good news from God) and the Epistles, the book of Acts and book of Revelation (Apocalypse).
According to The Roman Catholic Canon the whole Bible comprises 73 books; the Old Testament consists of 46 books and the New Testament has 27 books. The Protestant churches reject 6 books from the Old Testament, giving a total of 39 books, and the whole Bible would have 66 books according to the Protestant canon.
This name come from the fact that the Bible has a long history; it was not written "at once" but little by little along more than 3,000 years, according to the revelation of God to the people of those times.
The first English Bible is the "Douay-Rheims Bible", 1609, followed by the " King James Bible", 1611. Although before these two there were many partial translations, those are considered to be the first two English Bibles.
Douay-Rheims is a so-called "Catholic" Bible, and the King James is a "Protestant" Bible. There are several differences between them. Not only regarding the number of books, but also the style and the rendering into English of the original languages of the Bible.
The linguistic structure of the King James Bible helped shape the English language and set most of the standards on how words should be spelt, as well as word order and grammar. In those times word spelling was not defined and many different spellings for the same word coexisted. Putting aside its intrinsic religious value, it is a masterpiece of English literature.
The original languages of the Bible were Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Hebrew is spoken in Israel; Aramaic is still spoken in Syria and surrounding by a population of almost one million people; the New Testament was written in Greek, which is still spoken in its modern form in Greece.
In the first centuries of the Christian Era, the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek, the universal language of the time. Then, in the Middle Ages the whole Bible was translated into Latin, which was, in turn, the language spoken in Europe at that time. After some time many translations to the common languages (Spanish, French, English, German, etc) began to appear.
The Bible is the most translated book of all times, the first book printed in the world, the biggest best seller of all time.
Today the Bible has been translated into thousands of languages. The ancient Latin editions and ancient Greek texts, as well as Hebrew texts are used to translate it.

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