What is unique about the Bible?

Answer 1

The word of GOD

Answer 2

Rather than load up YA here take a look at this which will help explain a lot;
1. The Uniqueness Of Its Composition

2. The Uniqueness Of Its Thematic Unity

3. The Uniqueness Of Its Relevance

4. The Uniqueness Of Its Circulation

5. The Uniqueness Of Its Survival

6. The Uniqueness Of Its Literary Character

7. The Uniqueness Of Its Moral Character

8. The Uniqueness Of Its Accuracy



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Answer 3

I'm with Phoenix on this one.. it was the first book to be printed using a press.. other than that, it's a collection of mythos and stories from a certain culture of people in the world. Many other cultures have similar books or collections of books that are considered holy. That's not unique at all.

Answer 4

Due to the fact that these
Christians use the Protestant Old Testament which is lacking 7 entire books 2 (Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus/Sirach, Baruch, I Maccabees, and II Maccabees), 3 chapters of Daniel and 6 chapters of Esther may be one of the reasons they ask catholics so many questions.

For the Sola Scriptura this is too bad .
In the 16th c., Luther removed those books from the canon that lent support to orthodox doctrine, relegating them to an appendix. Removed in this way were books that supported such things as:

prayers for the dead (Tobit 12:12; 2 Maccabees 12:39-45),

Purgatory (Wisdom 3:1-7),

intercession of dead saints (2 Maccabees 15:14),

and intercession of angels as intermediaries (Tobit 12:12-15).

The lesson, though, is this: relying on the "Bible alone" is a bad idea; we are not to rely solely on Sacred Scripture to understand Christ's message. While Scripture is "given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16-17), it is not sufficient for reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness. It is the Church that is the "pillar and ground of Truth" (1 Timothy 3:15)! Jesus did not come to write a book; He came to redeem us, and He founded a Sacramental Church through His apostles to show us the way. It is to them, to the Church Fathers, to the Sacred Deposit of Faith, to the living Church that is guided by the Holy Spirit, and to Scripture that we must prayerfully look.

Answer 5

Among holy books, its primary uniqueness seems to be an original portrayal of a conscious, comprehensive creator with an actual positive interest in the welfare of its creatures. Many other scriptures portray deities who are more interested in their own survival and popularity, or who are apathetic or completely unconscious of the plight of ignorant, mortal beings, leaving them to their own devices in a world of random chaos.

This provides believers with a sense that something powerful in the world is on our side and wants us to "succeed" in making life meaningful and manageable. Of course there is also a lot of junk in there that promotes dependency on a God who is supposed to fix everything for us, or that suggests that WE are more special than THEY are. (There are passages that strongly deny this but people read what they want.)

There are times when I think it would be a good idea to edit the Bible to clarify the message, but then I realize the editing would have to be done by humans, and the good parts could be cut out for the sake of some expediency. Best to leave it as it is and urge people to distinguish between the good examples and the bad.

Answer 6

A 1964 find of third-millenium-BCE tablets initially had scholars trying to point to them as proof of the existence of biblical Abraham, among others. Over the course of several decades of analysis, debate and criticism, the evidence points to some ancient characters who were used as the basis for biblical ones. Instead of proving the validity of the Bible as the "Word of God," the Ebla tablets actually show that it's a plagarism and a compilation of still more anicent writings.

Also, here is a list of instances where Bible passages, or similar accounts of Biblical myths and themes, are found in other cultures pre-dating or coinciding with hebrew/xian tradition:

Genesis, creation myth

- Sumerian creation myth

- Assyrian creation myth, origin of the Enuma Elish

- Babylonian, Berosus account of Bel

- Egyptian, Khnoumou

- Ancient Greeks, Prometheus

- Ancient India; the Kumis, the Korkus, and the Khasis cultures

Genesis, flood

- Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh

- Assyrian, Ea and Utnapishtim

- Babylonian/Chaldean, Berosus account of Cronus and Xisuthrus

- Ancient Greek, Zeus and Deucalion

- Ancient Egypt, Osiris and Atum

- Ancient India, the flood account of the Satapatha Brahmana

Genesis, Tower of Babel

- Babylonian Tower of Urengor dedicated to the moon-god Sin (at Ur, birthplace of Abraham)

Exodus, Birth of Moses - Babylonian account of Sargon

Exodus, Ten commandments - Egyptian Book of the Dead

Psalms - Akhenaton's Hymns to the Sun (Egyptian), Ugaritic texts (Semitic)

Enoch - Zoroastrian myths

Book of Daniel - Myth of Dan'l, Ugaritic texts

Books of Joel, Isaiah - Vedic Hymns

Book of Job - Thespis of Attica, Greek tragedy

Gospel of John - the Orphics, the Mysteries of Isis, the Mysteries of Mithra, Krishna

Acts - the Dionysian Mysteries, the Orphics

Collosians - Seneca, the Mysteries of Attis

2 Peter - the Eleusinian Mysteries

1 John - the Dionysian Mysteries

Revelation - the Eleusinian Mysteries, the Dionysian Mysteries, the Mysteries of Isis, Dan'l, Bel and Tiamat, Dualist themes of Mithras, Zoroastrianism, Analogies to Imperial Rome

Answer 7

Wow, there are SO many things it would take ages to write it out.

For starters though:
It is the ONLY book that was written by more than forty different authors, over a period of more than 1500 years, on three different continents, in three different languages, AND still contains the same theme throughout.
It is the ONLY religious book with eyewitness testimony, rather than just instructions.
It is the ONLY ancient manuscript that has less than a hundred year gap between when it was written, and the oldest manuscripts available.
It is the ONLY ancient manuscript which has more than 24,000 fragments in existence.
It is the ONLY religious book that is corroborated by archaeological and historical evidence.

How's that for a start?

Answer 8

There are more unique (different) copies of the bible than there are words in the New Testement.

Answer 9

Thing that happened before our time. True stories of Jesus and what people went through. That's when God spoke out loud to men. The Bible is just so awesome. The stories are amazing.

Answer 10

Written by 40 different authors in 3 different continents. It took over 1500 years to write it. All authors gave credit to the same guidance, God almighty.

It has been scrutinized by the most intelligent people of all times.
It has held true to prophecy for hundreds of years.
Just a few unique qualities that comes to my mind.

Answer 11

The inspired Word of God, a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness, the only book ever written which has God's personal stamp of approval, "...thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein...", the only book which God will personally bless you just because you read it or hear it, the only book identified in conjunction with Jesus....
I ask you, what's NOT unique about it?