Bible Study - about The "Bible"
Few persons have ever taken the time to look into the word 'bible' and find out where that word came from. Most persons think that the word had it's origin from Hebrew language because of the original manuscript texts that all bible translations came from. However, that is not the case. The English word "bible" wasn't created until roughly the 14th century AD. The word was adopted from the Greek language word describing papyrus - the 'paper-like' material that the original scrolls of the manuscripts were written on. That Greek word was 'biblos' which was a descriptive word for the manufactured material that texts were written on.
In 1380, Oxford Professor John Wycliffe hand wrote the first English language 'bible'. This leads us to a website which recaps the entire history of the 'bible' and makes for an interesting history lesson... enjoy:
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/
Few persons have ever taken the time to look into the word 'bible' and find out where that word came from. Most persons think that the word had it's origin from Hebrew language because of the original manuscript texts that all bible translations came from. However, that is not the case. The English word "bible" wasn't created until roughly the 14th century AD. The word was adopted from the Greek language word describing papyrus - the 'paper-like' material that the original scrolls of the manuscripts were written on. That Greek word was 'biblos' which was a descriptive word for the manufactured material that texts were written on.
In 1380, Oxford Professor John Wycliffe hand wrote the first English language 'bible'. This leads us to a website which recaps the entire history of the 'bible' and makes for an interesting history lesson... enjoy:
http://www.greatsite.com/timeline-english-bible-history/