bibles
Field's essential texts
Bibles is the plural of Bible, the sacred scriptures of Christianity comprising the Old and New Testaments.
Extended to mean authoritative reference works in any field: The Chicago Manual of Style is the bible for editors.
Someone might own multiple bibles—different translations, study editions, or family heirlooms: She collected antique bibles.
Sacred religious writings
- testamentsFormal declarations of truth
- gospelsWritings bearing glad tidings
- versesLines of poetry
- psalmsReligious songs of praise
chapters · commandments · revelations · epistles · prophets · Genesis · Exodus · Deuteronomy
Printing press inventor's name
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- familyRelated people together
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
- GideonOld Testament warrior-judge
pulpit · pew · study · interlinear · parallel · annotated · illustrated · collector
Books with destination information
- handbooksCompact reference volumes
- manualsInstructional reference documents
- referencesSources cited for verification
- encyclopediasMulti-volume knowledge collections
compendiums · definitive · essential · comprehensive · standards · authorities · go-to · indispensable
scriptures
Sacred religious writings
- testamentsFormal declarations of truth
- gospelsWritings bearing glad tidings
- versesLines of poetry
psalms · chapters · commandments · revelations · epistles · prophets · Genesis · Exodus · Deuteronomy · concordance
Gutenberg
Printing press inventor's name
- illuminatedMade visible by light
- familyRelated people together
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
Gideon · pulpit · pew · study · interlinear · parallel · annotated · illustrated · collector · antique
guidebooks
Books with destination information
- handbooksCompact reference volumes
- manualsInstructional reference documents
- referencesSources cited for verification
encyclopedias · compendiums · definitive · essential · comprehensive · standards · authorities · go-to · indispensable · foundational
- things to readbooks, novels, paperbacks, hardcovers, e-books
- printed mediabooks, magazines, novels, paperbacks, hardcovers
- historical documentsDeclaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers
- militariabayonets, medals, military patches, military insignia, dog tags
- illuminated manuscriptsilluminated manuscripts, illuminated manuscript, illuminated letters, illumination, illuminations
- manuscriptscodex, codices, folio, folios, papyri
- the BibleChristian holy scriptures
- biblical talesNarratives from holy texts
- biblical scenesDepictions from scripture
- Bible translationsSacred text in various languages
- biblical imagerySymbolic language from scripture
- biblical lawsReligious statutes from scripture