holy texts
Divinely inspired books
Holy texts are writings considered sacred or divinely inspired within a religious tradition: the Bible, the Quran, the Torah, the Vedas.
They serve as sources of doctrine, moral guidance, and spiritual authority for believers.
The term encompasses scriptures across all faiths, from ancient manuscripts to living oral traditions later committed to writing.
- Book of MormonLDS church's foundational text
- BibleChristian sacred writings
- King James Bible1611 English scriptural translation
- Old TestamentPre-Christian biblical canon
- New TestamentSecond biblical division
Bhagavad Gita · Ecclesiastes · Zend-Avesta · Apocrypha · Talmud · Sutras · Torah · Midrash · Mishnah · Tao Te Ching · Guru Granth Sahib · Hadith · Upanishads · Psalms · Proverbs · ancient wisdom · religious canon · scripture
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- sacred objectsrelic, relics, reliquaries, reliquary, True Cross
- Supernatural Faithdivine revelation, prophets, visions, spiritual gifts, souls
- Hindu ScripturesVedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Mahabharata, Ramayana
- animal ethicsanimal ethics, animal welfare, animal rights, animal protection, animal liberation
holy textspopular fiction
Widely read commercial literature
pulp fiction · tabloid journalism · technical manuals · newspapers · magazines
holy textsThe God Delusion
Argument against theistic belief
scientific literature · empirical research · academic journals