JUPITERASC
07-28-2012, 01:28 PM
fwiw IMO a definition of the origin of the word 'Bible' would elucidate the reasons why 'The Bible' is called 'The Bible' therefore I now include the following 49 Word Extract From Online Dictionary Definition Of The Word 'Bible'
QUOTE:
"biblos: (the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a scroll, especially a book
Original Word: βίβλος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: biblos
Phonetic Spelling: (bib'-los)
Short Definition: a written book, roll, or volume
Definition: a written book, roll, or volume, sometimes with a sacred connotation"
79 WORD QUOTE SOURCED FROM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblos
"The name Byblos is Greek; papyrus received its early Greek name (byblos, byblinos) from its being exported to the Aegean through Byblos. Hence the English word Bible is derived from byblos as "the (papyrus) book."
The city's Canaanite/Phoenician name "GB'L" derived from "gb", meaning well or origin, and El the supreme god of Byblos's pantheon. The present day city is now known by the Arabic name Jubayl or Jbeil (جبيل), a direct descendant of the Canaanite name.
fwiw IMO clearly the words: 'The Bible' simply mean: 'The Book' :smile:
71 WORD QUOTE:
“Bart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and textual critic of early Christianity. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He has written about how the original New Testament texts were frequently altered by scribes for a variety of reasons, and argues that these alterations affect the interpretation of the texts” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRMOwo-Sl8&feature=related
QUOTE:
"biblos: (the inner) bark (of a papyrus plant), hence a scroll, especially a book
Original Word: βίβλος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: biblos
Phonetic Spelling: (bib'-los)
Short Definition: a written book, roll, or volume
Definition: a written book, roll, or volume, sometimes with a sacred connotation"
79 WORD QUOTE SOURCED FROM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblos
"The name Byblos is Greek; papyrus received its early Greek name (byblos, byblinos) from its being exported to the Aegean through Byblos. Hence the English word Bible is derived from byblos as "the (papyrus) book."
The city's Canaanite/Phoenician name "GB'L" derived from "gb", meaning well or origin, and El the supreme god of Byblos's pantheon. The present day city is now known by the Arabic name Jubayl or Jbeil (جبيل), a direct descendant of the Canaanite name.
fwiw IMO clearly the words: 'The Bible' simply mean: 'The Book' :smile:
71 WORD QUOTE:
“Bart D. Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar and textual critic of early Christianity. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He has written about how the original New Testament texts were frequently altered by scribes for a variety of reasons, and argues that these alterations affect the interpretation of the texts” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoRMOwo-Sl8&feature=related