religious texts

Holy book collection

Religious texts are writings considered sacred or authoritative within a faith tradition—scriptures that guide belief and practice.

The Bible, Quran, Torah, Vedas, and Buddhist sutras are religious texts.

Some traditions treat their texts as divinely revealed; others as records of enlightened teaching.

She studied religious texts from multiple traditions.

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New Testament · Quran · Torah scroll · codices · Mahabharata · Epic of Gilgamesh · Dead Sea Scrolls · Midrash · Book of Common Prayer · Vedas · Guru Granth Sahib · I Ching · scrolls · Upanishads · Bhagavad Gita · holy scripture · sacred writings · canon

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Opposites
sacred vs. secular source of knowledge

religious textsscientific literature

Formal research documentation

empirical research · academic papers · textbooks · empirical studies · legal codes

spiritual authority vs. entertainment/fiction

religious textspulp fiction

Sensational cheap literature

popular novels · comic books · tabloids · romance novels · genre fiction

doctrinal/canonical vs. profane/blasphemous

religious textspornography

Sexually explicit arousing material

banned books · subversive literature

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G