biblical text
Sacred religious writing
A biblical text is a passage or portion of the Bible, often used as the basis for a sermon, theological discussion, or scholarly analysis.
The term can also refer more broadly to any of the writings that comprise the Bible: The professor specialized in ancient biblical texts.
In academic contexts, it may distinguish canonical scriptures from other religious or historical documents.
- GospelsCanonical Christ biographies
- Sermon on the MountGospel hillside teaching
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- King James Version17th-century English scripture translation
- chapterDivision of a book
chapter and verse · Pentateuch · Ten Commandments · Proverbs · redaction criticism · Dead Sea Scrolls · hermeneutics · Septuagint · exegesis · Hebrew language · Psalms · Apocrypha · verse · commandment · prophecy · promised land · Garden of Eden · Good Samaritan
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Adam, Moses
- Hebrew textsTorah scroll, Torah scrolls, Tanakh, Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah
- manuscriptscodex, codices, folio, folios, papyri
biblical textpopular fiction
Widely read commercial literature
pulp fiction · tabloid journalism · beach read · dime novel · gossip column
biblical textQuran
Islam's central scripture
Vedas · Tao Te Ching · Bhagavad Gita · Book of Mormon · Guru Granth Sahib