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Bible

The origin and history of Bible.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin biblia, "book," itself from Greek biblia, "books" — the plural of biblion, "little book," ultimately from byblos, "papyrus," named after the Phoenician city of Byblos that exported the writing material.

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