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The word Bible can mean:

• The Bible, a holy book in Judaism and Christianity (see also the Hebrew Bible)
• "Bible" may be used as a generic, figurative term to describe a book or text that any devotee to an idea should read, or a book that lays out a way to do things in a particularly well-accepted way. Outside the main use, this is the second most common usage. Example: the Gardening Bible.
• The term Bible may also be used as a term to compare another faith's religious scriptures to the way the Bible is for Christians, such as the Tao te Ching being the Taoist "Bible." This term usually only applies to the scripture viewed as central to the faith, so in the above example, the I Ching would not be called a "Bible.":
  • Tao te Ching (Taoism)
  • The Torah (Judaism)
  • The Quran (Islam)
  • Analects (Confucianism)
  • Upanishads (Hinduism)
  • Tripitaka (Buddhism)
  • Satanic Bible (Satanism)
  • Dianetics (Scientology)

[edit] Other Usage

The word "Bible" has become part of the names of many organizations and concepts:

• Baptist Bible College Tower
• Bible Belt
• Bible Christian Church
• Bible code
• Bible John
• Bible Students
• Biblical studies
• The Boomer Bible
• Moody Bible Institute
• Trinity Bible College

The word has also spread to metaphorical and non-religious use:

• The Bible (band)
• Tijuana bible
• The C Programming Language, a book by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan, is often referred to as "The C Bible."
• Bible (television) — in serial television, a "bible" provides the backstory to keep elements consistent between different writers.

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