Bible
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The Bible is the central sacred scripture of Christianity, comprising the Old and New Testaments and serving as the foundational text for Christian belief and practice.
All labels observed (26)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Testament | 660 |
| Bible canonical | 288 |
| Christian Bible | 79 |
| Christian Old Testament | 30 |
| Holy Bible | 23 |
| Sacred Scripture | 13 |
| the Bible | 13 |
| The Holy Bible | 12 |
| Holy Scripture | 10 |
| The Bible | 6 |
| Christian Scripture | 4 |
| New Testament | 4 |
| OldTestament | 4 |
| Bibles | 2 |
| Old and New Testaments | 2 |
| Protestant Bible | 2 |
| Scripture | 2 |
| Authority of Scripture | 1 |
| Bible (selected teachings) | 1 |
| Catholic biblical canon | 1 |
| Christian Scriptures | 1 |
| Holy Scriptures | 1 |
| The Bible (various editions) | 1 |
| The Scriptures | 1 |
| canonical Christian Bible | 1 |
| the Old Testament | 1 |
Statements (87)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian sacred text
ⓘ
holy book ⓘ religious scripture ⓘ |
| centralFigure |
God
ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ |
| circulation | one of the most widely distributed books in history ⓘ |
| consideredBy | Christians as divinely inspired ⓘ |
| contains |
Acts of the Apostles
ⓘ
Book of Revelation ⓘ Epistles ⓘ Gospels ⓘ Historical Books ⓘ Prophetic Books ⓘ Torah ⓘ Wisdom Literature ⓘ |
| excludesDeuterocanonicalBooksIn | most Protestant canons ⓘ |
| genre |
apocalyptic literature
ⓘ
narrative literature ⓘ poetry ⓘ prophetic literature ⓘ religious text ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ |
| hasCanonVariationIn |
Catholic canon
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Orthodox canon
Protestant canon ⓘ |
| hasMajorDivision |
Final Judgment
ⓘ
surface form:
Apocalypse
Catholic Epistles ⓘ Gospels and Acts ⓘ Law ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ Prophets ⓘ Writings ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bible
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
New Testament
Bible self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| hasTranslation |
English Standard Version
ⓘ
Good News Bible ⓘ Jerusalem Bible ⓘ King James Version ⓘ Louis Segond Bible ⓘ Luther Bible ⓘ New American Bible ⓘ New International Version ⓘ New King James Version ⓘ New Living Translation ⓘ New Revised Standard Version ⓘ Reina-Valera ⓘ Septuagint ⓘ Synodal Bible ⓘ Vulgate ⓘ |
| includesDeuterocanonicalBooksIn |
Catholic canon
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox canon ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian theology
ⓘ
Western art ⓘ Western ethics ⓘ Western law ⓘ Western literature ⓘ Western music ⓘ Western philosophy ⓘ |
| isSacredTextOf |
Anglican Communion
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Evangelicalism ⓘ Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form:
Oriental Orthodox Churches
Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
Restorationist movements ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalText |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| relatedWork | Tanakh ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| statusInChristianity |
authoritative scripture
ⓘ
foundation of Christian doctrine ⓘ norm for Christian practice ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
biblical studies
ⓘ
religious studies ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
devotional reading
ⓘ
doctrinal teaching ⓘ liturgy ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ theological study ⓘ worship ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Christian catechesis
ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ Christian preaching ⓘ |
| viewedAs | Word of God by many Christians ⓘ |
Referenced by (1,163)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Old Testament
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New Testament
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Catholic biblical canon
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Old Testament
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New Testament
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New Testament
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Old Testament
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Holy Scriptures
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Sacred Scripture
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Christian Bible
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Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Protestant Bible
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Christian Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Christian Bible
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Protestant Bible
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Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Christian Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Old Testament
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Christian Old Testament