Biden and the Bible: The 127-year-old Bible copy selection story
US President-elect Joe Biden chose a historical version of the "Bible". To be sworn in, at the US Capitol building, today, Wednesday, who arrived a short while ago with his wife, Jill Biden. Rep. Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Imhoff, followed suit.
Biden and the Bible's journey that began in 1973:
The choice of US President-elect Joe Biden for this historical version of the Bible is due to his family's legacy since 1893 AD, when he is scheduled to take the constitutional oath and put his hand on the historical version of the Bible, which is more than 12 centimeters thick.
This is not the first time that Biden has used this historical version of the Bible, "The Bible", which dates back to 127 years, as he used it before that during his swearing in as Vice President of the United States in 2013, but for the first time in 1973 when he was sworn in. As a member of the Senate.
Biden Family Bible Version:
As for the history of the "Bible" version of the Bible that Biden uses today; To be sworn in as President of the United States of America, with Irish-English roots, according to Biden's previous statements during an interview on "The Late Show" with broadcaster Stephen Colbert on CBS last month.
Biden said about the copy of the Bible that it is a "family legacy," stressing that he is a witness to "every important milestone" the family has witnessed in its history, explaining that every page in the Bible carries with it many important milestones for his family.
He mentioned that the Bible is considered a witness to special stations, including all the times when he was sworn in, whether a member of the Senate or a vice president, as it will be the same book that will take the constitutional oath and put his hand on it as the President of the United States of America.
Stations in Biden's life and the Bible as witness to it:
There are many stops this historical version of the Bible witnessed in the life of Biden, who will be the second Catholic American president in the history of the United States of America, which began when he swore the oath on the same book from inside a hospital room after the car accident that befell his family and left his ex-wife as a result. And his daughter, who was 13 months old at the time, when she passed away.
This tragic accident was due to the aftermath of Biden's election to the Senate from Delaware in November 1972. Due to his stay in hospital due to the painful accident, his two sons were injured and his inability to leave his two sons in the hospital, he was sworn in on this book at the beginning of 1973.
Decades after the accident, his son, Beau Biden, used the same version of the Bible to be sworn in before taking over as Delaware's attorney general, before he died later in 2015 of brain cancer.
Biden stated - during his election campaign - that this copy, which Jill Biden is scheduled to carry for her husband to be sworn in as president, helped him a lot in overcoming adversity and all periods of suffering.
First Catholic American president:
The late US President John F. Kennedy is the first Catholic American president, and he used a copy of the Bible, the Bible, with a family heirloom, in the swearing-in during his inauguration in 1961.
The Bible and the American Constitutional Oath:
It is noteworthy that the American Constitution does not require politicians to swear an oath on a specific sacred writer. Throughout American history, public officials have used many sacred books such as "The Holy Quran", "The Bible", "The Torah", and the "Kindle" electronic version of the Constitution has also been used. Also.
