The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") isacanonical collection of texts sacred in Judaism andChristianity.There is no single canonical Bible and variousreligious traditionshave produced different recensions withdifferent selections oftexts. These do largely overlap however,creating an importantcommon core.[1]
The Bible is widely considered to be the best selling book ofalltime,[2][3][4] has estimated annual sales of 100millioncopies,[5][6] and has been a major influence on literatureandhistory, especially in the West where it was the firstmass-printedbook. The Gutenberg Bible was the first Bible everprinted usingmovable type.
TheBible(from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, Ta Bible, "the books") is acanonicalcollection of sacred texts in Judaism and Christianity.There is nosingle canonical Bible and various religious traditionshaveproduced different recensions with different selections oftexts.These however do largely overlap, creating an importantcommoncore. [1]
The Bible is widely considered to be the best selling book ofalltime, [2] [3] [4] has estimated annual sales of 100 millioncopies,[5] [6] and has been a major influence on literature andhistory,especially in the West where it was the first mass-printedbook. TheGutenberg Bible was the first Bible ever printed usingmovabletype.