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Bible

(uncountable)The Bible is name of theholy text ofChristians consisting of a collection of writings of bothJews, called theOld Testament, and Christians, called theNew Testament. (This is always spelled withcapital B).
TheBible tells stories ofGod,Jesus Christ, andgood andbad people.
(uncountable) The holywritings of theJewish tradition, called the Old Testament, are called The Bible. (This is always spelled with capital B).
The Jewish Bible has veryold stories about theJews.
(countable) ABible orBibles refer to copies of The Bible. This is always spelled with capital B).
Thebook store sells manyBibles.
(informal) A book that is like the Bible but may be about another religion or is not religious. Often, this means a book that tells everything you need to know about something. Sometime this is used in atitle to make a book sound very good.
TheKoran is theMuslimBible.
Anton LaVey wrote a book called "The SatanicBible," for his new religion calledSatanism.
We need ahistoryBible to help us pass our class.