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raamattu A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible).
1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.06/xanadu.html?pg=8&topic= Wired Magazine

Computer Lib was written as a popular primer, but its most profound effect was on computer programmers, who needed little persuasion about the value of computers. Its tone – energetic, optimistic, inexhaustible, confused – matched theirs exactly. Having set out to appeal to the general public, Nelson managed to publish an insider's bible and highly intimate guide to hacker culture.