According to the British TIMES newspaper in 1996:
"Forget modern British novelists and TV tie-ins, the Bible is the best-selling book every year. If sales of the Bible were included in best-seller lists, it would be a rare week when anything else would achieve a look in. It is wonderful, weird ... that in this godless age... this one book should go on selling, every month."
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One book or many?
The Bible is not just one book, but a whole collection! There are 66 books split into two sections. 39 in the first largest part, called the OLD TESTAMENT. And the second part, the NEW TESTAMENT has 27.The OLD TESTAMENT covers a sweep of history, from the creation of the world, to about 400 BC. Its books include poetry and history, prophecy and law. But they all tell the story of God's troubled relationship with his people.
The NEW TESTAMENT, also called the 'Injil' in part of the world, covers the amazing life of Jesus, and what followed on. There are four accounts of Jesus' life, called the 'Gospels', written by those who knew Him. Then, in the book called 'Acts' there is the story of how His followers carried His message around the world. Letters to Christian groups follow, many of them written from prison. Finally, some amazing, often frightening, predictions about the end of the world. And the start of something better.
The Bible is unique. Why?
- It was written over a period of 1600 years.
- Written by more than 40 authors of every sort - kings, poor people, fishermen, poets, government officials, teachers, prophets.
- Written in three languages.
- Written on three continents - Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Is there any other book in daily use by millions of people, around the world, parts of which were written over 3000 years ago, yet which still speaks to us today?
There are other writings as old as this, but they are all in museums, and have no relevance to the world today!
There are about 6,800 distinct languages in the world, the Bible has been translated (at least in part) into around 3000 of those languages?
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THE GOSPEL OF JOHN IN EASY ENGLISH.
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These are parts of the Bible on the web, in easy English. We hope that soon we can offer the whole New Testament in easy English.
NEW TESTAMENT in Easy English as a "ZIP" file
THE BIBLE in MP3 format. Free as speech files.
ONLINE BIBLES IN ENGLISH AND OTHER LANGUAGES
This will take you to a choice of several English versions, and German,
Swedish, Latin, French, Spanish and Tagalog.
The English versions are referred to by their initials only - eg NIV, NASB,
RSV, etc. You will find that NIV is the easiest to read, though it is not in easy English. Once you select 'NIV', you will be
given a choice of all the names of all the books in both parts of the Bible, and the chapters.
The Bible Gateway has many translations to its library of online Bibles. Bible Gateway:
Recent addition is the German Luther 1545 Bible, a German-language version which came into being as a result of the reformer Martin Luther's translation efforts throughout the early 16th century.
The Luther 1545 Bible is the second German version at the Bible Gateway and brings the total number of Bibles at the Bible Gateway to over two dozen. Be sure to check out the new Luther 1545 Bible or to browse through the many other languages and versions represented online at the Bible Gateway.
If you don't know much about the Bible, a good place to start might be the Gospel of Mark or Luke, in the New Testament, telling the story of Jesus in a quick and easy form.
If you are looking for Bible Resources, check the following: Pottstown Bible Church
Teaching Children? Then have a look at Visual Impact Resources Bible teaching material par excellence.
List of early Christian Documents Online
International Christian Fellowship
Of more interest for USA & Canada visitors
A Roman Catholic view - Why read the Bible? What did the Vatican Council say?
Interesting Christian sites A Doctor looks at the Bible
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