The Bible: The diverse market for the most read book in the world (now sold by Donald Trump)
Briefly

The Bible is a book, made of ink and paper, but it is a very particular book: it is the Book, with capital letters. It has served as a spiritual guide to countless individuals and societies, and because of its teachings and interpretations, heretics have been persecuted and wars have been started.
It is the story of the creation of the Universe, of God's pact with the Jewish people, of a prophet born in Palestine in the 1st century who preaches love and poverty and creates a new religion that spreads throughout the world.
The Bible is a collection of books, independent in origin, written by different people at different times in history, said to have been inspired by God, explains expert Javier Alonso, a Semitic philologist, biblical scholar and profe
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