The term "Bible" can refer to the Hebrew Bible or the Christian Bible, which contains both the Old and New Testaments.
The English word Bible is derived from Koinē Greek: τὰ βιβλία, romanized: ta biblia, meaning "the books"

Themes
The narratives, laws, wisdom sayings, parables, and unique genrés of the Bible provide opportunity for

With a literary tradition spanning two millennia, the Bible has been one of the most influential books in the world. From practices of personal hygiene to philosophy and ethics, the Bible has directly and indirectly influenced politics and law, war and peace,

Biblical archaeology is a subsection of archaeology that relates to and sheds light upon the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. It is used to help determine the lifestyle and practices of

The Bible is not a single book; it is a collection of books whose complex development is not completely understood. The oldest books began as songs and stories orally transmitted from generation to generation. Scholars are just beginning to explore "the

Biblical texts have always required interpretation, and this has given rise to multiple views and approaches according to the interplay between

The original texts of the Tanakh were almost entirely written in Hebrew with about one percent in Aramaic. The earliest translation of any Bible text is the Septuagint which translated the Hebrew into Greek. As the first translation of any biblical literature, the