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Is this really true: [https://www.conservapedia.com/Bible#Unique_witness_to_truth "The Bible is the first book in antiquity to declare the revelation that death is not final"?] Aren't there several earlier texts, including the [[Rig Veda]] and the [https://www.ancient.eu/Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead/ Egyptian Book of the Dead]. [[User:Timber|Timber]] ([[User talk:Timber|talk]]) 08:57, 20 April 2019 (EDT)
Is this really true: [https://www.conservapedia.com/Bible#Unique_witness_to_truth "The Bible is the first book in antiquity to declare the revelation that death is not final"?] Aren't there several earlier texts, including the [[Rig Veda]] and the [https://www.ancient.eu/Egyptian_Book_of_the_Dead/ Egyptian Book of the Dead]. [[User:Timber|Timber]] ([[User talk:Timber|talk]]) 08:57, 20 April 2019 (EDT)
== Lead needs improving ==
The lead needs to be improved. Firstly, to describe the Bible as a collection of writings rather than books would be a better translation of the original Hebrew, even though the separate sections or parts of the Bible are, according to tradition, named books.
Secondly, I don’t understand why this is deemed significant: "the source of many common expressions such as 'pick up the mantle’ “. For one thing, the word “mantle” is no longer in common use, but the significance of this expression, and why it is deemed so important, is unclear.
'''Book''' [N] [S]
This word has a comprehensive meaning in Scripture. In the Old Testament it is the rendering of the Hebrew word ''sepher'' , which properly means a "writing," and then a "volume" ( Exodus 17:14 ; Deuteronomy 28:58 ; 29:20 ; Job 19:23 ) or "roll of a book" ( Jeremiah 36:2 Jeremiah 36:4 ) ([https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/book/ Bible Study Tools]). --[[User:Jackin the box|Jackin the box]] ([[User talk:Jackin the box|talk]]) 09:28, February 11, 2022 (EST)