Should the term bible be used for other books than the Bible?
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keithold thanks all baggers
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Why not?
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Uh, no lol.
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no, not really, that would be like calling a dictionary, a cook book for instance, kinda not serving its purpose.:)
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No.
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The truth is I don't know. Bible is not a book written as such like a novel. Its a collection of text from 40 different authors as 66 different books over a period of 4000 years, and yet they are all coherent with one another. Somewhere after the 4th century only I think (not sure!) that some group of people decided to collect them in a sequence and make it as a book. Previously, it was just all texts and scrolls for reference. But still, out of respect I'd say the name should be used only for the Bible, but the usage and linguistic significance has grown such that any book that becomes the most significant text of reference gets to be called as the Bible (of something... xyz). If you'd ask me, I'll still say, NO :)
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There's no reason it can't be, there is after all, the Shooters Bible.
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Whyever not? It is a term for "holy books". That can apply to any number of books. It is now also used to imply a source of some kind of truth (eg: the shooter's bible). It is not a unique term - but has been made one via its adoption by Wycliffe to refer specifically to the christian books...
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I don't think it should. It is disrespecting the Bible.
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of course! it's a descriptive term meaning "the ultimate authority" on whatever topic it covers
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Why not? No disrespect is intended toward THE Bible when someone applies the term to other books. Anyone offended "should" place greater emphasis on PRACTICING the Word of God than POLICING it.
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Yes it should be allowed. Because the original term: The Holy Bible. Main Entry: bi·ble Pronunciation: ˈbÄ«-bÉ™l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin biblia, from Greek, plural of biblion book, diminutive of byblos papyrus, book, from Byblos, ancient Phoenician city from which papyrus was exported Date: 14th century 1 capitalized a : the sacred scriptures of Christians comprising the Old Testament and the New Testament b : the sacred scriptures of some other religion (as Judaism) 2 obsolete : book 3 capitalized : a copy or an edition of the Bible 4 : a publication that is preeminent especially in authoritativeness or wide readership <the fisherman's bible> <the bible of the entertainment industry> http://www.aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/bible
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From the Greek--Βίβλος meaning book
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Aaaaaactually, I googled the book in that link provided and it turns out that it is an actual Bible with the Old and New Testaments and the whole bit. . To answer the intent of the question: yes, it should. Sorry but titles can't be copyrighted and even if they could be, and even if God had applied for one at the founding of the United States, the copyright would have expired in 1923. . Moongrim's point that 'Bible' literally means 'book' is also well argued.
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My recommendation as an expert in language and linguistics is that the term should be used to refer to the Judaeo-Christian collection of writings when spelled with a capital B, but with a lower-case b it could refer to any comprehensive guide to anything at all.
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