Why isn't the Bible mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 1

You know... anything not mentioned in the Bible is utter rubbish!

Just like modern medicine and DVD's.

Answer 2

The word "Bible" refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism. Judaism's Bible is often referred to as the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible.

The word "Bible" also refers to various collections of books considered both sacred and appocryphal by Christians. Christians may also refer to their versions of the Bible as the Holy Bible, Scriptures, or Word of God. It is divided into two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament; some versions also have an Apocrypha section. The Old Testament includes the sacred texts common to both Christian and Jewish faiths canons.[1] In addition, Old Testaments published by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches contain books not found in the Tanakh, but which are found in the Greek Septuagint.

More than 14,000 manuscripts and fragments of the Hebrew Tanakh exist, as do numerous copies of the Septuagint, and 5,300 manuscripts of the Greek New Testament, more than any other work of antiquity.

The books of the Bible were just compiled as one so the collection of books became the Bible. That is why there is no word "Bible" in the Bible.

Answer 3

The Bible actually is mentioned in the Bible.

In 2 Timothy 3:15, the author mentions the "holy scriptures", referring to the Hebrew Bible or Christian Old Testament.

Answer 4

The "Bible" is the name given to the collective works that comprise the Bible. When most of the books of the Bible were written, there wasn't a Torah or an Old Testament or any concept like that. The compliation of books we know now as The Bible was a later "invention" that occurred after most of the books were written.

Answer 5

The Bible was not written for the purpose of being known as the Bible. It is a collection of teachings compiled in one place. It is the Christians who have regarded this compilation as the Bible.
Same as the Koran not being mentioned in the Koran, or the Bhagvat Gita in the Gita, etc..
Thankyou!

Answer 6

when the books of the bible were written they weren't intended to be a part of a "bible"; they were written because the authors of the scripts were told to by God. Later, around 100AD the head of religious groups filtered through all the scripts and decided on which stories were a more accurate description and which authors were more reliable and thus we have the "bible".

Answer 7

Jesus said, "Scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35). He said "I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished" (Matthew 5:18). He said, "It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the law" (Luke 16:17).
Jesus used Scripture as the final court of appeal in every matter under dispute. He said to some Pharisees, "You nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down" (Mark 7:13). To the Sadducee's He said, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God". (Mat 22:29). To the devil, Jesus consistently responded, "It is written..." (Mat 4:4-10). So following Jesus' lead, the Scriptures alone are our supreme and final authority.

Answer 8

It is, it's just not mentioned as "the bible", but there are several places in the new testament where it says "it is written" and then it goes on to quote something out of the old testament.

Answer 9

I think they just forgot to mention it
When they wrote it

Or did they just Call it the "Good Book" or "Prophecies" instead

LOL

Love & Blessings
Milly

Answer 10

actually, in the NT, there is a place where Jesus reads from "scripture", (at the time, they used scrolls), and said: "This day, the prophecy has been fulfilled." He was in the synagogue at the time, because that's where the sacred writings were kept.

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