holy book
Divine written teachings
A holy book is a sacred text central to a religion's beliefs and practices—the Bible, Quran, Torah, or similar scripture.
The term is generic, applicable across faiths: Every religion has its holy book.
Treating such texts with reverence extends to physical handling: She placed the holy book on a special stand.
- sacred textHoly religious writing
- Guru Granth SahibSikh sacred scripture
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- King James Bible1611 English scriptural translation
- Bhagavad GitaHindu philosophical dialogue
exegesis · hermeneutics · ancient manuscripts · divine revelation · Vedas · oral traditions · Torah · scripture · Tao Te Ching · canon · religious text · historical criticism · parables · Upanishads · Quran · illuminated manuscript · translation · parchment
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Islam, Abraham, God
- sacred objectsrelic, relics, reliquaries, reliquary, True Cross
- scriptureBible, New Testament, Old Testament, verses, passages
- QuranQuran, Koran, surah, surahs, sura
- written documentsnewspaper, diary, journal, manuscript, scroll
- authoritative referencesencyclopedia, dictionary, handbook, manual, guidebook
holy bookpulp fiction
Sensational cheap literature
tabloid · penny dreadful · fiction · novel · textbook
holy bookforbidden book
Prohibited publication
banned book · pornography · The Satanic Verses · grimoire · smut