Many different authors contributed to the Bible. What is regarded as canonical text differs depending on traditions and groups; a number of Bible canons have evolved, with overlapping and diverging contents. The Christian Old Testament overlaps with the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Septuagint; the Hebrew Bible is known in Judaism as the Tanakh. The New Testament is a collection of writings by early Christians, believed to be mostly Jewish disciples of Christ, written in first-century Koine Greek. These early Christian Greek writings consist of narratives, letters, and apocalyptic writings. Among Christian denominations there is some disagreement about the contents of the canon, primarily the Apocrypha, a list of works that are regarded with varying levels of respect.
Attitudes towards the Bible also differ amongst Christian groups. Roman Catholics, Anglicans and Eastern Orthodox Christians stress the harmony and importance of the Bible and sacred tradition, while Protestantchurches focus on the idea of sola scriptura, or scripture alone. This concept arose during the Protestant Reformation, and many denominations today support the use of the Bible as the only source of Christian teaching.
With estimated total sales of over 5 billion copies, the Bible is widely considered to be the best-selling book of all time. It sells approximately 100 million copies annually, and has been a major influence on literature and history, especially in the West, where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed using movable type.
《聖經》是一套有66本的叢書。內容包括：歷史、詩歌、哲學，甚至私人信件和講章。
猶太教的正式經典，包括律法書5卷、先知書8卷、聖錄11卷三個部分，故通稱《泰納克》(Tanak，系Torah、Neviim、Ketuvim三部分的首字母組成)，又稱“二十四書”。
《以西結書》是《希伯來聖經》中的一部先知書，天主教翻譯為《厄則克耳先知書》。
以西結是耶路撤冷的祭司，他在迦勒底人第三次進攻猶大地時被擄往迦巴魯河谷，耶和華的手降在他身上，他被聖靈感動，便為被俘的.猶太人作預言。以西結在被俘的第五年四月初五日接受了上帝的默示。
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