Bible

Japanese: Bible
Bible

…the holy book of Judaism and Christianity. The name of the Bible in Western languages, such as the English Bible, originates from the Greek word biblia. This word comes from the diminutive biblion (biblia is plural) of biblos, which refers to the inner bark of the papyrus stem, the raw material for paper. It was a common noun meaning a pamphlet or part of a book, but it became a proper noun in the Christian church, and from around the 5th century the whole Bible came to be called biblia. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Bible" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ユダヤ教,キリスト教の聖典。英語のバイブルBibleなど,西欧語での聖書の呼称はギリシア語のビブリアbibliaに始まる。この語は紙の原料となるパピルスの茎の内皮を指すビブロスbiblosの指小辞ビブリオンbiblion(ビブリアは複数形)に由来し,小冊子や書物の一部という普通名詞であったが,キリスト教会において固有名詞化し,5世紀ごろから聖書全体がビブリアと呼ばれるようになった。…

※「Bible」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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