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1 | The word "Bible" | Matt 1:1 | justme | 178986 | ||
Doc: Before the 14th century, what did they call what we now call the Bible? Would it have been biblia ta hagia? Thank you for your help, This question just came about a couple of days ago, and has been a puzzle for me. Justme |
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2 | The word "Bible" | Matt 1:1 | DocTrinsograce | 178990 | ||
Dear Justme, Probably when they were referring to God's Word generically and as a whole they might have called it "graphe," "the writings" (see, for example, Matthew 21:42 and Luke 24:27). Of course the words Torah, Naviim, and Tanakh are even older Hebrew words. I am given to understand that among Christian believers the term "ta biblia" dates as far back as the early third century. I also learned that Jerome used the term "bibliotheke," meaning a repository (like a case) of books. His term eventually replaced the Old English "bibliodece." I suppose the evolution into the word Bible was pretty easy from there. In modern Spanish it is Biblia and in German it is Bibel -- if I remember correctly -- so the etymologists' surmises sound reasonable. In Him, Doc |
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