by keithold is a prodigal bagger on October 30th, 2009

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Should the term bible be used for other books than the Bible?

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  • by vera city on October 31st, 2009

    vera city

    of course! it's a descriptive term meaning "the ultimate authority" on whatever topic it covers

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  • by L. Taylor on October 31st, 2009

    L. Taylor

    I don't think it should. It is disrespecting the Bible.

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  • by 1858 Remington 1-21-13 on October 30th, 2009

    1858 Remington  1-21-13

    There's no reason it can't be, there is after all, the Shooters Bible.

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  • by Jack wears love COAT on October 30th, 2009

    Jack wears love COAT

    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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  • by Dreamlight on October 30th, 2009

    Dreamlight

    No.

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  • by jeanie16 on October 30th, 2009

    jeanie16

    no, not really, that would be like calling a dictionary, a cook book for instance, kinda not serving its purpose.:)

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  • by Blackberry. on October 30th, 2009

    Blackberry.

    Uh, no lol.

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  • by Nightwatchdog on October 30th, 2009

    Nightwatchdog

    Why not?

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  • by trouble315 on October 31st, 2009

    trouble315

    From the Greek--Βίβλος meaning book

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  • by SABOTEUR on October 31st, 2009

    SABOTEUR

    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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  • by Factotum on October 31st, 2009

    Factotum

    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.
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    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.
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    Moongrim's point that 'Bible' literally means 'book' is also well argued.

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  • by Sandman on November 14th, 2009

    Sandman

    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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  • by Friartuck on October 31st, 2009

    Friartuck

    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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  • by Moongrim on October 31st, 2009

    Moongrim

    Yes it should be allowed.

    Because the original term: The Holy Bible.

    Main Entry: bi·ble
    Pronunciation: ˈbī-bəl
    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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