What is the name of the Christian holy book called?

Question

I know it's named the Bible, but what is the name called?

You guys are giving me either the name of the book, or what the book is called. I want to know what the name of the book is called.

And for all those who don't understand my question, it probably only makes sense if you've read Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass." Specifically the part about Humpty Dumpty.

Answer 1

"The Golden Compass"

Answer 2

The only part of the Holy Bible that applies solely to Christians (as opposed to also applying to Jews) is the New Testament. A better name would be the ''New Covenant.''

The Church of the East calls their Aramaic New Testament the Peshitta. It was canonized seperately from the one most of us use, by a different group of people (rather than by the Council of Nicea). The Church of the East maintains that the New Testament was originally penned in Aramaic, and not Greek. The books of Revelation and 2 Corinthians are not included in the Aramaic Peshitta because of contraversy over authorship.

Messianic Jews call the New Testament the B'rit Hadashah, and I'm almost sure this means ''New Covenant.'' The texts are the same.

If you want to know what the word ''Bible'' means, it comes from either Latin or Greek (can't remember which), and means ''book of books.'' There are 39 books in the Old Testament (or ''First Covenant''), and 27 in the New Testament, unless you ask the Roman Catholics, and then there are a few extra books in their version of the Old Testament called the Apocryphal and Deuterocanonical texts. These were removed by the Protestant Fathers during the Reformation for various reasons.

Answer 3

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The word Bible refers to the sacred canonical collection of religious writings of Judaism and Christianity.[1] The Books that are considered canon in the Bible vary depending upon the denomination that publishes it. These variations are a reflection of the range of traditions and councils that have convened on the subject.

The Jewish version of the Bible, the Tanakh, includes the books common to both the Christian and Jewish biblical canons.[2] The Torah is traditionally considered by believers to be God's direct words and thus thought to be the most sacred part. Much of the Jewish religious law is derived from the Torah.

The Christian version of the Bible is often called the Holy Bible, Scriptures, or Word of God. It divides the books of the Bible into two parts: the books of the Old Testament primarily sourced from the Tanakh (with some variations), and the 27 books of the New Testament containing books originally written primarily in Greek.[3] The word Testament means Covenant in relation to the Christian Bible sections Old Testament and New Testament . The word covenant is an English translation of the original Hebrew word for beriyth [4] . In the New Testament the words testament and covenant are interchangeable as synonyms translated from the Greek word for diatheke [5] . For further theological explanation of the New Testament/Covenant and the Old Testament/Covenant see New Covenant . Some versions of the Christian Bible have a separate Apocrypha section for the books not considered canonical by the publisher. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Old Testament canons contain books not found in the Tanakh, but that are found in the Greek Septuagint or Peshitta, the oldest of several ancient translations of the Hebrew Bible.

The Bible, or some portion of it, had been translated into more than 2,300 languages or dialects as of 2003.[6]

Answer 4

I'll answer your questions seriously! I'm atheist, but I used to be a theist, so I won't speak for just one side. I try to be honest, not biased. However, most people only see one side, and feel the need to defend their beliefs at all times and attack all others. I'm sure there are many reasons why people do this. Ignorance, anger, fear... and a lot of people are just raised to think that way. I agree, its so annoying when people don't actually answer and just post their own beliefs as if they are facts. The whole asking for evidence is also getting really old. I guess there is no way to avoid those people on this site. Keep asking.... there are some serious people here who will actually give you an answer.

Answer 5

Book

Answer 6

The bible is a collection of books which are holy to Christians. It is divided between the old testament - - also known as the Hebrew Bible which is also holy to Judaism - and the new testament - the Greek Bible. Each book has a name.

Answer 7

It is not named the bible, the bible came before Christianity!
Christianity has very little to do with the bible.
The Christian 'holy' book is called The New Testament!
Strange I know but testament means 'evidence' or 'proof'!
How either the old testament or the new testament actually 'proves' anything at all is way beyound me?

Answer 8

The name of the Bible is the Bible because that's the name of the Christian holy book. Maybe you can try to be more clear in your question?

Answer 9

Holy Bible

Answer 10

The Christian version of the Bible is often called the Holy Bible, Scriptures, or Word of God.

Answer 11

The Heavenly Enquirer?