BIBLE BILNEY, THOMAS
BIBLE, ENGLISH BILOXI
BIBLE CHRISTIANS BILSTON
BIBLE SOCIETIES BILTONG
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOLOGY BIMANA
BIBLIOMANCY BIMETALLISM
BIBRACTE BIMLIPATAM
BIBULUS BIN
BICE BINAN
BICESTER BINARY SYSTEM
BICHAT, MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER BINCHOIS, EGIDIUS
BICHROMATES AND CHROMATES BINGEN
BICKER BINGERBRUeCK
BICKERSTAFFE, ISAAC BINGHAM, JOSEPH
BICKERSTETH, EDWARD BINGHAMTON
BICYCLE BINGLEY
BIDA BINIOU
BIDDEFORD BINMALEY
BIDDER, GEORGE PARKER BINNACLE
BIDDERY BINNEY, EDWARD WILLIAM
BIDDING-PRAYER BINNEY, HORACE
BIDDLE, JOHN BINNEY, THOMAS
BIDDLE, NICHOLAS BINOCULAR INSTRUMENT
BIDEFORD BINOMIAL
BIDPAI, FABLES OF BINTURONG
BIEKKICH BINYON, LAURENCE
BIEDERMANN, FRIEDRICH KARL BIO-BIO (river of Chile)
BIEL, GABRIEL BIO-BIO (province of Chile)
BIELEFELD BIOGENESIS
BIELITZ BIOGRAPHY
BIELLA BIOLOGY
BIENNE BION (Greek poet)
BIENNE, LAKE OF BION (Greek philosopher)
BIERSTADT, ALBERT BIOT, JEAN BAPTISTE
BIFROST BIOTITE
BIGAMY BIPARTITE
BIGELOW, JOHN BIPONT EDITIONS
BIGGAR BIQUADRATIC
BIGGLESWADE BIQUINTILE
BIGHT BIRBHUM
BIGNON, JEROME BIRCH, SAMUEL
BIGNON, LOUIS PIERRE EDOUARD BIRCH, THOMAS
BIGOD, HUGH BIRCH
BIGOT BIRCH-PFEIFFER, CHARLOTTE
BIG RAPIDS BIRD
BIGSBY, JOHN JEREMIAH BIRD-LOUSE
BIHARI BIRD'S-EYE
BIHARI-LAL BIRDSNESTING
BIJAPUR BIRDS OF PARADISE
BIJAWAR BIRDWOOD, SIR GEORGE MOLESWORTH
BIJNOR BIREJIK
BIKANIR BIREN, ERNST JOHANN
BILASPUR BIRETTA
BILBAO BIRGER
BILBEIS BIRIBI
BILBERRY BIRJEND
BILBO BIRKBECK, GEORGE
BILDERDIJK, WILLEM BIRKENFELD
BILEJIK BIRKENHEAD
BILFINGER, GEORG BERNHARD BIRMINGHAM (Alabama, U.S.A.)
BILGE BIRMINGHAM (England)
BILHARZIOSIS BIRNEY, JAMES GILLESPIE
BILIN BIRON, ARMAND DE GONTAUT
BILL BIRR
BILLAUD-VARENNE, JACQUES NICOLAS BIRRELL, AUGUSTINE
BILLET BIRTH
BILLETING BIRUNI
BILLIARDS BISALTAE
BILLINGTON, ELIZABETH BISCAY
BILLITON BISCAY, BAY OF
BILL OF EXCHANGE BISCEGLIE
BILL OF RIGHTS BISCHOFSWERDA
BILL OF SALE BISCHWEILER
BILLROTH, ALBERT THEODOR BISCUIT
BILMA BISECTRIX
BIBLE. The word "Bible," which in English, as in medieval Latin, is
treated as a singular noun, is in its original Greek form a plural,
[Greek: ta biblia], _the_ (sacred) _books_--correctly expressing the
fact that the sacred writings of Christendom (collectively described by
this title) are made up of a number of independent records, which set
before us the successive stages in the history of revelation. The origin
of each of these records forms a distinct critical problem, and for the
discussion of these questions of detail the reader is referred to the
separate articles on the Biblical books. An account of the Bible as a
whole involves so many aspects of interest, that, apart from the
separate articles on its component books, the general questions of
importance arising out of its present shape require to be discussed in
separate sections of this article. They are here divided accordingly,
into two main divisions:--(A) Old Testament, and (B) New Testament; and
under each of these are treated (1) the Canon, (2) the texts and
versions, (3) textual criticism, (4) the "higher criticism," i.e. a
general historical account (more particularly considered for separate
books in the articles on them) of the criticism and views based on the
substance and matter, as apart from criticism devoted to the correction
and elucidation of the text, and (5) chronology. For the literary
history of the translated _English Bible_, see the separate article
under BIBLE, ENGLISH.
(A) OLD TESTAMENT