What is Bible? Define the term bible?

     By Deacon Negatu Abebe

                            Introduction

                   

The term bible is derived from Greek word Byblos.

v Biblos from the ancient story of the writing material Papyrus (outer coat of a papyrus reed) which was being exported to the harbor of Byblos in Phoenicia from Egypt by the 11^th century B.C

v Also the term Byblos without qualification indicates for every writing material as a special position which it enjoys among all the books of the world in the long process the word was reserved for the holly book of the jew and Christian.

v Byblos – biblion, the plural form of Byblos is Biblia (Greek, during 2^nd C.A.D Christians were using this name) which gave birth to Latin Biblia, and then old French biblia from which the modern French Bible and then English Bible.

v The term Bible often used synonymously with scripture. The names sacred scripture and Bible are two conventional terms used for the collecgtion of

1. Sacred books of Judaism

2. Christianity

v The name scripture is derived from

Ø The third division of Hebrew (Jews) cannon of the Bible

Ø As Torah

Ø Prophets

Ø Writing Scripture

v The plural form of Scripture was later made into a singular as Scripture.

v The Qualification “Holly or Sacred” is prefixed to the name Bible in order to show its inner Holiness.

To be continued……………………………