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The Bible

The Bible is the holy book of Christianity. It is considered to have the word of God by all Christians. Sometimes different churches disagree over exactly what the Bible means. There are many names for the Bible; some call it Holy Scripture, Holy Writ or the Good Book. The Bible was written long ago in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, and translations were made later into Latin and some other languages. Now there are translations in many more languages, for example English.

In fact the Bible is many books of different kinds collected together. The first part is called the Old Testament or Tanakh. This tells the story of the Israelites and how God chose them to be called "his people". This part of the Bible is considered to be holy by Jews as well as Christians.

There are a few parts of the Old Testament that Christians disagree about. These parts are called Deuterocanonical by those Churches that accept them as part of the Bible, and Apocrypha by those that do not.

The second part is called the New Testament, most of which was written first in Greek. Some was probably written in Aramaic first, but the oldest copies known today are in Greek. The main part of this book is the story of Jesus Christ's life. There are four different versions of the story, called Gospels. The New Testament also contains letters by early Christian leaders, especially Saint Paul.

The Bible contains different kinds of books. Some are history, telling the stories of the Jews, or Jesus. Some are collections of wise sayings. Some are God's commands to his people, which he expects them to obey. Some are songs of praise to God. Some are books of prophecy, messages from God that he gave through chosen people called prophets.

The Bible has been translated into over 2000 languages. It can be found in printed, electronic, and audio copies.

Many people, not only Christians, love reading the Bible, and some prefer doing it daily. Others spend a lot of their time on in-depth Bible study or meditation on the words.

There are atheists who do not believe anything in the Bible ever happened and think it is just an elaborate hoax. Others do not believe that God's words are really found in the Bible.

## [edit] Some people in the Bible

- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Jesus Christ
- Joseph
- King David
- Moses
- Saint Peter
- Saint Paul

## [edit] Other websites

- The Bible in Simple English

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