holy text
Divine word collection
A holy text is a writing considered sacred by a religion—the Bible for Christians, the Quran for Muslims, the Torah for Jews.
These texts are treated as divinely inspired or revealed, serving as sources of doctrine, moral guidance, and ritual practice.
She swore on the holy text.
Also called scripture or sacred text.
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- King James Bible1611 English scriptural translation
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
- sacred scriptureRevered religious text
Guru Granth Sahib · Bhagavad Gita · Talmud · Quran · Apocrypha · Torah · Hadith · Upanishads · Zend-Avesta · gospel truth · Enuma Elish · Vedas · Book of Common Prayer · Tanakh · Book of Mormon · Tao Te Ching · Midrash · Mishnah
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- QuranQuran, Koran, surah, surahs, sura
- ZoroastrianismZoroaster, Zarathustra, Zoroastrianism, Amesha Spentas, sacred fire
- Swedenborgianismcorrespondences, glorification, memorabilia, New Jerusalem, spiritual world
- spiritual experiencesreligious experience, mystical union, divine vision, divine encounter, spiritual vision
- religious lawreligious law, canon law, sharia, Islamic law, sacred law
holy textThe God Delusion
Argument against theistic belief
legal code · constitution · textbook · Das Kapital · encyclopedia
holy textpulp fiction
Sensational cheap literature
tabloid · junk mail · airport novel · propaganda leaflet · spam