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Information About The Bible  With this lesson you are beginning
a study of the greatest book ever to be delivered into human
hands. The Bible is the book of books. It has done more to
change the course of human events than any other book ever
printed. To engage in a successful Bible study one must
understand a little about its make-up. All of the Bible is the
word of God, but not all of it is in the form of commandments
for us to obey today (e.g., "make thee an ark." Gen. 6:14).
Therefore to properly understand, we must "rightly divide the
word of truth" (2 Tim. 2:15). We can do this best if we first
have an overall view of the Bible story.  I. General Make-Up of
the Bible  A. Its Name Indicates Its Pre-eminence.  1. The word
Bible comes from the Greek word "Biblios" which means