Bible
The name commonly used for the 39 books in the Old Testament and the 27 books
in the New Testament. The English word "Bible" came originally from the name of
the 'papyrus' or "biblos" reed used in ancient times (esp. Phoenicia) for
making scrolls or books.
The word "Bible" comes from the Old French through the Latin "Biblia," from
the Greek. The Greeks called a book "biblos" and a small book "biblion."
By the 2nd century A.D. Greek christians called their Holy Scriptures "ta
Biblia" (ie. "the Books") and transferred to Latin in the singular and through Old
French came the English word "Bible."