Bible stories (Exquisite)

Author: Duan Qi
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Publication Date: 2001-01-06
Features: The Bible is the pillar of Western spiritual civilization. For a long time, the political systems, literary creations, and even customs in Western society have been influenced by it. This book describes the main content of the Bible in a simple story form and beautiful prose: God's creation of the world, Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt, Jesus being betrayed and crucified, and how he rose again... The name of the book "Bible" was originally from the Hebrew word k□th0bhim, meaning "article." In the late 4th or early 5th century, John Chrysostom, the Archbishop of Constantinople, began to call the Bible "Biblia" (Latin), meaning "the only book." After Western missionaries came to China, following the Chinese habit of referring to important and guiding works as "" (jīngdiǎn, meaning "classic"), they translated this revered Christian classic, "Bibia" or "Chrisfian Bible," into Chinese as "."
What is the Bible? What does it contain? Simply put, the Bible is a general term for the formal canon and classics of Christianity. It usually includes three main parts: the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Postcanon. In reality, within Christianity, early Judaism revered only the 39-volume Old Testament as the "Bible" because the "New Testament" had not yet appeared at that time. Christian Protestants regard the Old and New Testaments as the "Bible," while the Catholic "Bible" includes the Old and New Testaments and also incorporates the "Postcanon" into the Old Testament. In the development of the contemporary Christian ecumenical movement, Western revised versions of the Bible have combined the Old Testament, Postcanon, and New Testament into one volume...