Unique in its Availability
No other book has known anything approaching this constant circulation.
- Lawrence Greenslade in Cambridge History of the Bible
The Bible was the first book to be translated—in 250 B.C., when the Hebrew Scriptures were translated into Greek (the Septuagint). The Bible has been translated into more languages than any other book. Encyclopedia Britannica states that as of 1966, parts of the Bible had been translated into over 1,300 languages, and the Bible in its entirety had been translated into 240 languages and dialects.
The way in which the Bible has been passed down to us from generation to generation—intact and uncompromised—is as significant as the Bible itself. There is more manuscript evidence for the Bible than for any other classical book. In fact, there were whole classes of men in Jewish culture throughout their long history whose sole aim was to preserve and transmit these manuscripts.
- The Bible is unique in its circulation. No other book in History has sold more copies than the Bible. Bestsellers usually sell a few hundred thousand copies; even fewer sell into the millions. It is staggering to consider that the Bible has sold into the billions.
- The World Service Center of the United Bible Societies (UBS) reports that 627 million Scriptures were distributed last year alone.
- The Bible, or portions of it, have been translated into 22,2000 languages, representing approximately one-third of the world's 65,000 known languages. These 22,000 represent well over 90% of all the languages of the world.
Unique in its Unity and Continuity
Unique in its Influence of Western Civilization
Unique in its Availability
Unique in its Survival of Persecution
Unique in its Manuscript Evidence
Unique in its Fulfillment of its Prophecies
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