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...ch of England. For about three centuries it was ''the'' English Protestant Bible, and may well still be the most read translation. Its literary qualities ha "THE HOLY BIBLE, Conteyning the Old Testament, AND THE NEW: Newly Translated out of the Ori

...cular denomination. This is different from a '''[[Sunday school]]''', '''[[Bible college]]''' '''[[yeshiva]]''', '''[[seminary]]''' or '''[[madrassa]]''' in

{{r|Crossroad Bible Institute}} Partner ministry of [[Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldvi

The official present-day canon of the Church comprises the [[Bible]], Book of Mormon, [[Pearl of Great Price]], and [[Doctrine and Covenants]] ...[[Thomas S. Monson]] as a living prophet, analogous to the prophets in the Bible and other scriptures. Latter-day Saints believe that every man can receive

...he following among their most important influences: [[The Beatles]], the [[Bible]], [[Leonard Cohen]], [[Joseph Heller]], [[Bill Hicks]], [[the Little Gentl

...]] of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]’s ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'', a ''[[Gutenberg Bible]]'' on vellum, the double-elephant folio edition of ''[[Audubon’s Birds o

...lectionary.net/ Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary: Understanding the Bible Anew Through the Mimetic Theory of René Girard] ...dera, ''The Gospel and the Sacred'' by Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, and ''The Bible, Violence, and the Sacred'' by James G. Williams.

...the function of education was seen as to enable the Christian to read the Bible and other sacred writings. Education thus became important to the Christian The latter accompanied by a wood-cut illustration depicting the Bible.

...guage down, and began learning to read as well. After the [[Hawaiian bible|bible]] was translated into Hawai{{Okina}}ian in 1839, literacy on the Hawai{{Oki

The '''Authors of the Bible''' are a collection of men (and possibly women) who have authored or co-aut == Old Testament/Hebrew Bible==

...c]] texts in [[Western literature]], from [[Shakespeare]] through to the [[Bible]]. Girard theorizes that human society is inherently unstable because human ...d mythologies in an attempt to understand them better. In the case of the Bible, the application of Girardian mimetic theory to our understanding of sacred

...ing part of the ''Religious Right'', supporters of ''family values'' the ''Bible Belt'' and as ''values voters''. In the United States of America, social co

...only were new allegories composed, but writings of the past, including the Bible and Greco-Roman fable, were interpreted in an allegorical fashion. A consp

...verse in six 24-hour days. Using literal [[hermeneutics]] to approach the Bible, particularly the book of [[Genesis]] as well as the genealogy of [[Gospel ...hods.) Ussher calculated, using the chronologies given in the books of the Bible, that the first day of creation occurred on October 23, 4004 BC. His chrono

...early 1800s by American [[missionaries]] who wanted to print a [[Hawaiian bible]]. Due to the language being passed down as an oral tradition, the missiona ...they did not make it a letter of the alphabet. In publishing the Hawaiian bible, they used the {{Okina}}okina to distinguish ko{{Okina}}u ('my') from kou (

...s revealed in the Bible." Their principles are stated as deriving from the Bible:<ref>{{citation ...[euthanasia]], and "support the [[capital punishment|death penalty]]. The Bible is clear that the government has the responsibility to provide for peace an

...been around since ancient times with numerous references made to it in the Bible. <ref> "...the churning of milk produces butter." Proverbs 30:33. </ref>

The Gospel of Thomas was never considered as part of the [[Bible|Biblical]] canon. [[Cyril of Jerusalem]], an early [[theologian]] and Docto

:I'm just an amateur author, and fan of the Bible. I liked your Nicaene Creed article. Some stylistic questions: your quotes == Bible ==

...uminated'' (1991), ISBN 0-89579-252-4, in which he attempts to examine the Bible by a process of [[stratified sampling|stratified random sampling]], namely

...some as a "bulwark of morality," the largely Protestant South took on a [[Bible Belt]] identity long before [[H. L. Mencken]] coined the term.<ref> Blum an

...t" described in the Gospel According to St. Matthew in the [[Christian]] [[bible]]. According to Matthew’s account, they visited the young Jesus, bringi

...rom Old French ''poeir'' or VLat ''potere''("to be able"). The King James Bible, which appeared in 1611, was translated using the word ''power'' more than

* ''To Have and To Hold - Bible Study Book: Preparing for a Godly Marriage'', a 2017 book by Byron Weathers

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...nglish and English-Russian translator. An interested consumer who knew his Bible typed in English, "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."<ref>From M

...rly career was mainly literary. He dabbled in journalism, translated ''The Bible in Spain'' by [[George Barrow]] and works by the British philosopher [[Bert

Most Protestant denominations use a more literal reading of the Bible. They believe that Jesus was the Son of God<ref>See the Nicene Creed.</ref> ...ed that Jesus was the last of the [[Prophet#Prophets in the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible)|prophets]] and the Messiah. They believed that Jesus was the natural-born

...of black cumin with [[wheat]].<ref>(Isaiah 28: 25, 27 nkjv)</ref> Easton’s bible dictionary clarifies that the Hebrew word for black cumin, ketsah, refers t

...yrillic alphabet]], derived from the Greek alphabet, for translating the [[Bible]] and other religious texts into Slavic languages; the Cyrillic alphabet ha

...most sources agree on the existence of what they call "the Fairy Book," a Bible of sorts if you will. He then begins searching and eventually a contact inf

...evasion, got MA and Ph. D degrees from Patriot University - now [[Patriot Bible University]] - in [[Del Norte]], [[Colorado (U.S. state)|Colorado]]. His Ph

...ajor literary work produced by Gutenberg's printing press, the [[Gutenberg Bible]], has been acclaimed for its aesthetic and technical qualities. It is not clear when Gutenberg conceived the Bible project, but

*[[Gospel of Mark]], one of the books of the Bible, and the apocryphal [[Secret Gospel of Mark]]

...oose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven" (Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible).}}

...f the [[American Civil War]]. A wide variety of other subjects, from the [[Bible]] to [[Pilgrim's Progress]] to scenes from popular legends and romance, wer ...al Panoramist" (1866), gives a fair idea of the audience for a panorama of Bible scenes in mid-century:

...something like their original form (some of those attributed to him in the Bible are regarded by (non-Fundamentalist) scholars as pseudonymous). As such th

*Chipkin, Kenn (2002) ''Real Rock Guitar: A Classic Rock Bible of the '60s and '70s''. Miami, Fla.: Warner Bros. Publications. ISBN 0-7579

{{see also|Authors of the Bible}} ...he belief that the [[Pentateuch]] (the first five books of the Christian [[Bible]] and Jewish [[Tanakh]]) is inconsistent in its writing,<ref name=biblica>C

...of middle-class congregations, the vices of dancing and movies and drink. "Bible Bill" preached that the [[Capitalism|capitalist]] economy was rotten becaus * Elliott, David R. and Iris Miller. ''Bible Bill: A Biography of William Aberhart'' (1987); sees Aberhart as a charism

...example of a [http://www.worldscriptures.org/pages/tokpisin.html Tok Pisin Bible] and some [http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~patrickp/JCtexts.html Jamaican Cr

...ons and secondary sources would give much more variety. Cf. [[Books of the Bible]].

...lisher Anton Koberger. It details the history of the world as given as the Bible, and also includes descriptions of major Western cities, geneaologies, and

...-hour days). This view was popularized in 1909 by the [[Scofield Reference Bible]]. ...against the old Earth view of Creationism is that after each creation, the Bible states "And there was morning and night-the (corresponding) day."

..., ''A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus'', New York: [[Anchor Bible Series|Anchor Doubleday]],

...pervise them. These activities led both to her becoming well known (her [[Bible]] readings became showpieces), and to criticism for her neglect of her chil

...ests; the "gospel" meant an individual directly confronting Christ through Bible reading, hymns and prayer. ...sidered a brilliant teacher of the Greek and Latin classics as well as the Bible.

...-hour days). This view was popularized in 1909 by the [[Scofield Reference Bible]]. ...against the old Earth view of Creationism is that after each creation, the Bible states "And there was morning and night-the (corresponding) day."

...h as The Passion of Christ and various British mystery plays, based on the Bible. Also, many theatres were made to be based on the back of vehicles. Other i

...rom taking his seat, if he swore an oath on the [[Qur'an]] rather than a [[Bible]].<ref name=Townhall>{{citation ...Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]]) also objected to the use of other than a Bible. The Anti-Defamation League, however, supported him. <ref name=ADL>{{citati

*[[User:David Hoffman|David Hoffman]] created the [[Hebrew Bible]], a perfect site for collaboration during a [[write-a-thon]], since there' ** Hail D*v*d, creator of the Hebrew Bible!

...Bible ([[Torah|The Torah]]) and of the [[Old Testament]] in the Christian Bible. It tells the story of the Creation of the universe and man by God, the Fal ...rdenOfEden.jpg‎|right|300px|Image from Charles' Foster's "The Story of the Bible", 1884.]]

.... <ref> Despite reports to the contrary, it did ''not'' require or mention Bible reading in the public schools.</ref>

...ew]], or some deeply important insight, or even [[God]] himself.<ref>The [[Bible]] verse John 14:6 has [[Jesus]] say, famously, "I am the way, the truth, an

...one of the most translated works in world literature, second only to the [[Bible]]. <ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/laozi/</ref> The name itself is t

[[Mystery plays]] based on the [[Bible]] continued to be acted into Elizabeth's reign, as did the [[Morality plays

...cbible.com/islam/hit.htm "The History of the Quran and the Injil"], Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry, accessed March 15, 2006.</ref>

...ew material has been added over time, but the book is still held to be the bible of Discordianism, though it might lack much in the eyes of one attempting t Discordianism's bible contains many "parables" written in a pseudo-Zen style. An example of such

...sixteen, "opened up the 'half-mythical' outside world more than even the [[Bible]] or [[Hollywood]] movies had previously been able to do"<ref name=Oliver19

*''[[East of Eden]]'' 1952 The title is a reference to the [[Bible]], specifically Genesis 4:16.

...rticular, the idea to recognize the tree by its fruits is specified in the Bible; if some tree is declared to be fruitful, let it bring at least one good fr http://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Matthew+7

* [[Nahum M. Sarna|Sarna, Nahum M.]], "Hebrew and Bible Studies in Medieval Spain" in Sephardi Heritage, Vol. 1 ed. [[R. D. Barnett

...and when he began to connect the concepts of [[catastrophism]] with the [[Bible]]. This troubled Lyell, who wanted to develop a dialogue for [[geology]] th

...the [[industrial revolution]]. It relies heavily on an extension of the [[Bible|Biblical]] idea in the book of [[Genesis]] of the [[seventh day]] of creati

...s subject. The [[Puritanism|Puritan]] [[John Eliot]] even translated the [[Bible]] into the [[Massachusett]]-language for the Indians. In this revolutionary ...200 years, American readers who wished for other reading material than the Bible, almanacs, newspapers and magazines had to fall back totally on books writt

...' which they saw as an attempt to undermine the revealed morality of the [[Bible]]. When Combe and his supporters passed a motion banning the discussion of

...Mishnah. According to historical-critical scholars, moreover, the [[Hebrew Bible]] was heavily edited and redacted from multiple oral sources.

...is revelation is classified into scripture and tradition. Scripture is the Bible (including some books and passages rejected by Protestants as apocryphal), #One view holds that the whole teaching is implicit in the Bible, and tradition is needed only

...fense Fund (ADF) is a legal alliance defending the right to hear and speak Bible-defined through strategy, training, funding, and litigation."

The Bible records two processions in the first Passion Week. The first was on Palm Su ...see all the "stations of the cross." To a public that had no access to the Bible and often could not understand the language in which church services were c

...Luther King, Jr. called ''The Strange Career of Jim Crow'' "the historical bible of the civil rights movement."

...s never definitively decided whether all its teachings are implicit in the Bible. ...r the inclusion of Hebrews and Revelation. (The Formation of the Christian Bible by Hans Von Campenhausen) The popular Christian-inspired image of Jesus is

...ho died when he was young. His mother supported her family by teaching the Bible and writing. After his father's death the family moved to Wisconsin where h

...to the ''Universal Jewish Encyclopedia'' and coedited the Jewish ''Family Bible'' with Rabbi David Graubart. He compiled several prayer volumes for the Hi

...I had been baptized, yes and confirmed as well. I went to church, read my Bible, had high ideals, and tried to be good and do good. But all the time, ofte ...o refute Lloyd-Jones, saying that his opinion went against history and the Bible. The following year saw the first [[National Evangelical Anglican Congress]

...ed to look back to the days of Roman greatness, to the Roman classics, the Bible and the early Church Fathers. Petrarch wrote most of his hundreds of poems

...stamping out indigenous beliefs and encouraging Africans to embrace the [[Bible]] or the [[Qur'an]].

*'''Bible-thumping liberals''': "Many Democrats consider the term "progressive evange ...t their policies in religious terms—for instance, by reminding us that the Bible urges a fight against poverty. As Wallis wrote, "[M]any of the most progres

...of David and Solomon, which could be the palace of David described in the Bible.

...arly all religions appeal to some combination of holy writings (i.e. the [[Bible]], the [[Qur'an]]) and of oral or written tradition (i.e. Vatican Councils,

...ss conceptually dense than [[John Donne|Donne's]], drawing more from the [[Bible]] than contemporary philosophy, Herbert's poetry is complex and formally in

The Bible is accepted by evangelicals as reliable and the ultimate authority in matte ...ority. Thus, the doctrine of ''[[sola scriptura]]'' is often emphasized. [[Bible prophecy]], especially as interpreted according to [[dispensationalism]], i

...ussion. The General Conference publishes a quarterly study guide<ref>Adult Bible Study Guide, https://absg.adventist.org/current-quarter</ref>, for optional ...as the Sabbath, advocates avoidance of foods classified as unclean in the Bible (so that even non-vegetarian Adventists still refrain from, e.g., pork and

...to Jesus Christ as the "way of salvation" and to the “inspired Word of the Bible” as their “sufficient guide to eternal Life.”<ref> Mary Baker Eddy, ' ...ealth with Key to the Scriptures]]''), which together with the Christian [[Bible]], is integral to Christian Science worship and practice.

...Stewart relented and signed the required papers and even took an oath on a bible not to reveal what had taken place to anybody. The earl then released Stewa

...from other chronic ailments. With newfound health and deeper delving into Bible study, she became a healer, teacher, influential author, and leader of a ra

...agricultural background, mostly of the "middling sort", able to read the [[Bible]] for themselves and come to their own conclusions. Opposition to the oppr ...cking others. Although they implicitly downplayed the significance of the Bible, their writings showed extensive knowledge of it.<ref>Moore ch 5</ref>

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...]. 'God Save the King', can also be found in the King James version of the Bible, published in 1611:

...s of this text date back to the second century BCE, but for many (like the Bible) it was assumed to have a divine origin in any case, with Lao Tse revered n

...d sayings celebrate the benevolent qualities of wine, beginning with the [[Bible]]. One of the most famous is, "A day without wine is like a day without sun

...t period except very early (and illegal at the time) translations of the [[Bible]]. ...ted a revolution by translating the [[Catholic church]]'s official [[Latin Bible]] into a dialect of vernacular German; this initially-banned book was very

In the [[Gutenberg Bible]], Gutenberg made a trial of coloured printing for a few of the page headin ...efore a scarce resource. While it might take a year or more to hand copy a Bible, with the Gutenberg press it was possible to create several hundred copies

...along with its Jesus-based [[New Testament]], to construct its Christian [[Bible]]. The relationship between the Jewish and Christian traditions remains co ...od has revealed his expectations, or 'will', for humanity in the Christian Bible, the writing of which He inspired.

...ferences to past Pequot aggression and the religious wars described in the Bible. Puritan theology construed native religion as devil worship or witchcraft.

To continue in our story of the bible, the Gregorian calendar is based on the Birth of Christ. Year zero is the

...have any references to [[Jesus Christ]], the God of Christianity or the [[Bible]]. ...<blockquote>No. They don’t have a relationship. There is the god of the Bible, who is Jehovah. When you see L-O-R-D in caps, that is the name. It’s n

...th with the appearance of an old earth, despite it being young, as per the Bible. ...1651. Ussher calculated, using the chronologies given in the books of the Bible, that the first day of creation occurred on October 23, 4004 BC. His chrono

...ed to as "old lights". People affected by the revival began to study the [[Bible]] at home. This effectively decentralized the means of informing the public

...on work for special classes—emigrants, Jews, seamen, workingmen, etc. The Bible and Tract societies, societies like those for the Propagation of the Gospel Regarding the Bible as the only indubitable source of authority in religion, Luther rejected th