Sentence examples for bible named from inspiring English sources
Nor was I aware that Downbeat, the venerable "jazz bible," named him the best jazz artist, the best jazz pianist, and the creator of the best jazz album of the year in a recent critics' poll — not that knowing these things would have guaranteed that I would like his music.
The Great Bible (named for its large page size and first ordered by Henry VIII in 1538) was restored to the churches after Elizabeth I's succession halted persecution of Anglicans and Protestants, but the Geneva Bible, imported from Europe and not printed in England until 1576, quickly surpassed the Great Bible in public favour.
The Book of Judith is one of the three books in the Septuagint, and later Bibles, named for a woman: Judith, Esther, and Ruth.
There used to be a lot of those old-fashioned names around here, Bible names.
The firm had been founded by a former Bible salesman named Bruce Henderson, one of the industry's conceptual pioneers.
The sole demonstrator, who spoke out to say women bishops were "not in the Bible" was named as "serial protester" Rev Paul Williamson.
It ingeniously steals from so many sources -- Homer and the Bible, to name just two -- that one couldn't find a docket big enough if charges were preferred.
Last week, America's book trade bible, Publishers Weekly, named her its "publishing person of the year", an accolade that puts her with Jeff Bezos of Amazon when it comes to her influence on the industry (cue the headline "Civilisation ends" in one New York newspaper).
In 1892 the Scarritt Bible and Training School (named for a major benefactor) was dedicated in Kansas City, Missouri.
Such is the strength and number of their tribe that they, too, have been awarded their own tribal bible, the proudly named Mens' Egg, which has a circulation of approximately 300,000 nationwide readers, and has even spawned a secondary publication for older Gyaru-Ohs called Men's Knuckle (circulation 200,000).
The chairman and chief executive of Philip Morris is named Bible.
