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Scripture
Scripture noun - A book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God.
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Books and scripture are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Books" with "Scripture", this nouns are similar.
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- It's "scripture." This is mostly due to the fact that the list of canonical scripture as we know it (pretty much no matter which canon you adhere to) wasn't made until long after the books themselves were written.
Source: Literature / The Bible -
Then they still got it a bit off, as the history of the church is a major focus of study (alternating with books of scripture).
Source: Belief Makes You Stupid -
The Jewish religion takes as holy scripture the Tanakh (very generally, the parts of the Christian Bible that Christians call the "Old Testament"; most famous and notable are the first five books, the Torah), plus several thousand years of commentary and Rabbinical interpretation.
Source: Useful Notes / Judaism
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