TheBible(fromKoineGreekτὰβιβλία,tàbiblía,"thebooks")isacollectionoftextssacredinJudaismandChristianity.Itisacollectionofscriptureswrittenatdifferenttimesbydifferentauthorsindifferentlocations.JewsandChristiansconsiderthebooksoftheBibletobeaproductofdivineinspirationoranauthoritativerecordoftherelationshipbetweenGodandhumans.
TheChristianOldTestamentoverlapswiththeHebrewBibleandtheGreekSeptuagint;theHebrewBibleisknowninJudaismastheTanakh.TheNewTestamentisacollectionofwritingsbyearlyChristians,believedtobemostlyJewishdisciplesofChrist,writteninfirst-centuryKoineGreek.TheseearlyChristianGreekwritingsconsistofnarratives,letters,andapocalypticwritings.AmongChristiandenominationsthereissomedisagreementaboutthecontentsofthecanon,primarilyintheApocrypha,alistofworksthatareregardedwithvaryinglevelsofrespect.
AttitudestowardstheBiblealsovaryamongstChristiangroups.RomanCatholics,AnglicansandEasternOrthodoxChristiansstresstheharmonyandimportanceoftheBibleandsacredtradition,whileProtestantchurchesfocusontheideaofsolascriptura,orscripturealone.ThisconceptaroseduringtheProtestantReformation,andmanydenominationstodaycontinuetosupporttheuseoftheBibleastheonlysourceofChristianteaching.
Withestimatedtotalsalesofover5billioncopies,theBibleiswidelyconsideredtobethebest-sellingbookofalltime.Ithasestimatedannualsalesof100millioncopies,andhasbeenamajorinfluenceonliteratureandhistory,especiallyintheWestwheretheGutenbergBiblewasthefirstmass-printedbook.Itwasthefirstbookeverprintedusingmovabletype.