The word Bible can mean:

• The Bible, a holy set of scriptures in Judaism and Christianity (see also Tanakh, Hebrew Bible)
• "Bible" may be used as a generic term to describe a book or text that any devotee to an idea should read, or a book that lays out a way to do things in a particularly well-accepted way. Outside the main use, this is the second most common usage. Use of the word in a figurative sense, as in "any authoritative book." Example: the Gardening Bible.
• The term Bible may also be used as a term to compare another faith's religious scriptures to the way the Bible is for Christians, such as the Tao te Ching being the Taoist "Bible." This term usually only applies to the scripture viewed as central to the faith, so in the above example, the I Ching would not be called a "Bible." Examples include:
  • Tao te Ching (Taoism)
  • The Qur'an (Islam)
  • Analects (Confucianism)
  • Upanishads (Hinduism)
  • Tripitaka (Buddhism)
  • The Satanic Bible (Satanism)
  • Principia Discordia (Discordianism)
  • The Book of the Subgenius (Subgenius)

This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library of Congress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... Tanakh (Hebrew: ‎) (also Tanach, IPA: or , or Tenak, is an acronym that identifies the Hebrew Bible. ... 11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum This article is about the term Hebrew Bible. For the Hebrew Bible itself, see Tanakh (Jewish tradition) or Old Testament (Christian tradition). ... The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin: D Jīng, thus sometimes rendered in recent works as Dao De Jing; archaic pre-Wade-Giles rendering: Tao Teh Ching; roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see dedicated chapter below on translating the title)) is... Alternative meaning: I Ching (monk) The I Ching (Traditional Chinese: 易經, pinyin y jīng; Cantonese IPA: jɪk6gɪŋ1; Cantonese Jyutping: jik6ging1; alternative romanizations include I Jing, Yi Ching, Yi King) is the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. ... The Tao Te Ching (道德經, Pinyin: D Jīng, thus sometimes rendered in recent works as Dao De Jing; archaic pre-Wade-Giles rendering: Tao Teh Ching; roughly translated as The Book of the Way and its Virtue (see dedicated chapter below on translating the title)) is... Taoism (Daoism) is the English name referring to a variety of related Chinese philosophical and religious traditions and concepts. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... Analects (論語 Pinyin: Lúnyǔ), or Analects of Confucius, written in twenty chapters, is thought to be a composition of the late Spring and Autumn Period. ... Wenmiao Temple, a Confucian Temple in Wuwei, Gansu, China Confucian temple in Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan). ... The Upanishads (उपनिषद्, Upanişad) are part of the Hindu Shruti scriptures which primarily discuss meditation and philosophy and are seen as religious instructions by most schools of Hinduism. ... Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religion that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... The Tripitaka (Sanskrit त्रिपिटक, lit. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Satanism Associated organizations Church of Satan First Satanic Church First Church of Satan Prominent figures Anton LaVey | Blanche Barton | Peter H. Gilmore | Peggy Nadramia | Karla LaVey Associated concepts Left-Hand Path | Objectivism | Pentagonal Revisionism | Suitheism | Survival of the fittest | Might is Right Books and publications The Satanic Bible | The Satanic... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Loompanics Yellow Cover combined 4th & 5th Edition Principia Discordia, (1979). ... Discordianism is a modern, chaos-centered religion founded circa 1958–1959 by Malaclypse the Younger with the publication of its principal text, the Principia Discordia. ... J. R. Bob Dobbs The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical pseudo-religious organization, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, with a large presence on the Internet. ...

Other usage

The word "Bible" has become part of the names of many organizations and concepts:

• Bible Belt
• Bible Christian Church
• Bible code
• Bible John
• Bible Students
• Bible thumper
• Biblical studies
• The Boomer Bible
• Moody Bible Institute
• Trinity Bible College

The word has also spread to metaphorical and non-religious use: The approximate extent of the Bible Belt, indicated in red A Bible Belt is a typically informal term for an area in which socially conservative Christian Evangelical Protestantism is a dominant part of the culture. ... The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist church. ... Bible codes, also known as Torah codes, are words, phrases and clusters of words and phrases that some people believe are meaningful and exist intentionally in coded form in the text of the Bible. ... Bible John is the nickname of an unidentified serial killer who is thought to have operated in Glasgow, Scotland, in the late 1960s. ... Charles Russell in 1911 The name Bible Students is used by many segments of what has been termed the Bible Student movement, all of whom follow the doctrinal views of Charles Taze Russell. ... Many political epithets are obtained by joining an otherwise neutral description of a political movement or group with a pejorative term questioning the groupss sanity or motives, or associating the group with hated political movements or leaders of the past. ... Biblical studies is the academic study of the Christian and Jewish Scriptures. ... The Boomer Bible is a book written by R. F. Laird. ... Moody Bible Institute ( MBI ) was founded by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886. ... Trinity Bible College is a private college in Ellendale, North Dakota affiliated with the Assemblies of God church. ...

• Beecher's Bibles
• The Bible (band)
• Tijuana bible
• The C Programming Language, a book by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan, is often referred to as "The C Bible."
• Bible (writing) — a "bible" that provides the backstory of a story to keep elements consistent, particularly between different writers in mediums such as serial television.

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