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Does "Holy book" really count as a genre?
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[[Image:Books.jpg|right|Books]]
 
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A '''book''' (Spanish: libro, French: livre, German: Buch, Greek: βιβλίο, Russian: книга) is a collection of written words, usually on paper. The [[Bible]] is an example of a book (in fact, the word "Bible" is derived from the Latin word for "book."), as well as a collection of books. Books are often used for educational purposes in the form of [[text books]], although there is concern about the accuracy of the information contain in some of them.  Any finite collection of books can be binded together to form a new book.
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A '''book''' (Spanish: libro, French: livre, German: Buch, Greek: βιβλίο, Russian: книга) is a collection of written words, usually on paper. The [[Bible]] is an example of a book (in fact, the word "Bible" is derived from the Greek word for "book."), as well as a collection of books. Books are often used for educational purposes in the form of [[text books]], although there is concern about the accuracy of the information contain in some of them.  Any finite collection of books can be binded together to form a new book.
    
The book was called a [[codex]] in Latin, and it was a [[Roman]] improvement over the scroll.  By the fourth century the codex had gained wide acceptance, and many scrolls that were not converted to codex form were lost to posterity.
 
The book was called a [[codex]] in Latin, and it was a [[Roman]] improvement over the scroll.  By the fourth century the codex had gained wide acceptance, and many scrolls that were not converted to codex form were lost to posterity.
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==Holy Books==
 
==Holy Books==
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One of the most noteable genres is the holy book.
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One of the most notable genres is the holy book.
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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