holy scripture
Divine written word
Holy scripture refers to religious texts considered sacred and divinely inspired within a faith tradition.
For Christians, this means the Bible; for Jews, the Torah and Hebrew Bible; for Muslims, the Quran.
The phrase implies authority and reverence: She quoted holy scripture to support her argument.
Often capitalized when referring to a specific tradition's texts.
- sacred textHoly religious writing
- Guru Granth SahibSikh sacred scripture
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- King James Version17th-century English scripture translation
- Bhagavad GitaHindu philosophical dialogue
Zend-Avesta · Quran · religious canon · manuscript · chapter and verse · hermeneutics · midrash · Dead Sea Scrolls · ancient manuscript · oral tradition · Torah · divine wisdom · exegesis · commentary · canonization · typology · liturgy · Septuagint
- Italian sacred literatureDante, Divine Comedy, Inferno, Paradiso, Beatrice
- scriptureBible, New Testament, Old Testament, verses, passages
- SikhismGuru Granth Sahib, Sikh, Sikhs, Sikhism, gurdwara
- Orthodox ChristianityOrthodox Church, Nicene Creed, Hagia Sophia, Greek Orthodox, patriarchate
- sacred imagerybiblical symbolism, religious icons, sacred art, religious art, biblical scenes
holy scripturescientific literature
Formal research documentation
academic scholarship · legal code · fiction · secular law · popular literature