sacred writings
Divinely inspired books
Sacred writings are religious texts believed to contain divine truth or spiritual authority.
The term encompasses scriptures across traditions—the Bible, Quran, Torah, Vedas, and others.
Sacred writings guide worship, ethics, and doctrine for believers: The monastery's library held sacred writings from multiple faiths.
The phrase implies reverence beyond ordinary literature.
- Enuma ElishBabylonian cosmogonic narrative
- holy bookSacred religious text
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- Book of MormonLDS church's foundational text
Vedas · Guru Granth Sahib · Sefer Yetzirah · Analects · Tao Te Ching · Bhagavad Gita · Upanishads · Zend-Avesta · Bible · King James Bible · Old Testament · New Testament · divine word · prayer · Torah · parables · inspired · canon
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Adam, Moses, Eve
- religious educationreligious education, Bible college, Bible stories, religious instruction, Sunday school
- scriptureBible, New Testament, Old Testament, verses, passages
- Bahai FaithHouse of Worship, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Acre, divine covenant
- KetuvimPsalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs
- TalmudMishnah, daf, Seder, sugya, folio
sacred writingspopular fiction
Widely read commercial literature
tabloid journalism · pulp fiction · technical manuals · academic papers · newspaper articles
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