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Bible
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[German version] A. Definition The word ‘Bible’ (Lat.
biblia, Greek τὰ βιβλία;
tà biblía) describes the collection of holy scriptures comprising the Hebrew Bible (Tenach) and the Old and New Testaments of Christians ( Christianity) and encompassing their many genres -- including narratives (myths, legends, romances, sagas or epics, folk tales, gospels), body of laws, psalms, poems, speeches, exhortations, proverbs and parables, letters and apocalypses. There were similar collections of holy texts in the anc…
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Brill’s New Pauly
