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Religious texts (also known as scripture, or scriptures, from the Latin scriptura, meaning
"writing") are texts which religious traditions consider to be central to their practice or
beliefs. Religious texts may be used to provide meaning and purpose, evoke a deeper
connection with the divine, convey religious truths, promote religious experience, foster
communal identity, and guide individual and communal religious practice. Religious texts
often communicate the practices or values of a religious traditions and can be looked to
as a set of guiding principles which dictate physical, mental, spiritual, or historical
elements considered important to a specific religion. The terms 'sacred' text and
'religious' text are not necessarily interchangeable in that some religious texts are
believed to be sacred because of their nature
as divinely or supernaturally revealed or inspired, whereas some religious texts are
simply narratives pertaining to the general themes, practices, or important figures of the
specific religion, and not necessarily considered sacred by itself. A core function of a
religious text making it sacred is its ceremonial and liturgical role, particularly in relation
to sacred time, the liturgical year, the divine efficacy and subsequent holy service; in a
more general sense, its performance.
It is not possible to create an exhaustive list of religious texts, because there is no single
definition of which texts are recognized as religious.

Contents

 1History of religious texts

 2Associated terminology
 3Sacred texts of various religions
o 3.1Adidam
o 3.2Aetherius Society
o 3.3Ásatrú
o 3.4Atenism
o 3.5Ayyavazhi
o 3.6Aztec religion
o 3.7Bahá'í Faith
o 3.8Bön
 o 3.9Buddhism
o 3.10Caodaism
o 3.11Cheondoism
o 3.12Christianity
o 3.13Confucianism
o 3.14Creativity Movement
o 3.15Discordianism
o 3.16Druidism
o 3.17Druze
o 3.18Dudeism
o 3.19Ancient Egyptian religion
o 3.20Etruscan religion
o 3.21Ancient Greece
o 3.22Hermeticism
o 3.23Hinduism
o 3.24Islam
o 3.25Jainism
o 3.26Jediism
o 3.27Judaism
o 3.28Kiratism
o 3.29Konkokyo
o 3.30Mandaeanism
o 3.31Manichaeism
o 3.32Maya religion
o 3.33Meher Baba
o 3.34Native American Church
o 3.35New Age religions
o 3.36Orphism
o 3.37Pastafarianism
o 3.38Raëlism
o 3.39Rastafari movement
o 3.40Ravidassia
o 3.41Samaritanism
o 3.42LaVeyan Satanism
o 3.43Science of Mind
o 3.44Scientology
o 3.45Shinto
o 3.46Sikhism
o 3.47Spiritism
o 3.48Sumerian
o 3.49Swedenborgianism
o 3.50Taoism
o 3.51Tenrikyo
o 3.52Thelema
o 3.53Unarius Academy of Science
o 3.54Unification Church
o 3.55Urantianism
o 3.56Wicca
o 3.57Yârsân
o 3.58Yazidi
o 3.59Yorùbá
o 3.60Zoroastrianism
 4References
 5External links
History of religious texts[edit]
See also: History of religions, Timeline of religion, and History of writing
One of the oldest known religious texts is the Kesh Temple Hymn of Ancient Sumer,[1][2] a
set of inscribed clay tablets which scholars typically date around 2600 BCE.[3] The Epic of
Gilgamesh from Sumer, although only considered by some scholars as a religious text,
has origins as early as 2150-2000 BCE, and stands as one of the earliest literary works
that includes various mythological figures and themes of interaction with the
divine.[4] The Rig Veda of ancient Hinduism is estimated to have been composed between
1700–1100 BCE, which not only denotes it as one of the oldest known religious texts, but
also one of the oldest written religious text which is still actively used in religious practice
to this day, though no actual evidence of this text exists prior to the 13th century AD.
There are many possible dates given to the first writings which can be connected to
Talmudic and Biblical traditions, the earliest of which is found in scribal documentation of
the 8th century BCE,[5] followed by administrative documentation from temples of the 5th
and 6th centuries BCE,[6] with another common date being the 2nd century
BCE.[6] Although a significant text in the history of religious text because of its widespread
use among religious denominations and its continued use throughout history, the texts of
the Abrahamic traditions are a good example of the lack of certainty surrounding dates
and definitions of religious texts.
High rates of mass production and distribution of religious texts did not begin until the
invention of the printing press in 1440,[7] before which all religious texts were hand written
copies, of which there were relatively limited quantities in circulation.

Associated terminology[edit]
A religious canon refers to the generally accepted, uniform, and often unchanging
collection of texts which a religious denomination considers comprehensive in terms of
their specific application of texts.[8] For example, the content of a Protestant Bible may
differ from the content of a Catholic Bible - insofar as the Protestant Old Testament does
not include the Deuterocanonical books while the Roman Catholic canon does.
Protestants and Catholics use the same 27 book NT canon, as well as the same 39 book
OT protocanon, also shared by Jews.
The word "canon" comes from the Sumerian word meaning "standard".[8]
The terms "scripture" and variations such as "Holy Writ", "Holy Scripture" or "Sacred
Scripture" are defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as terms which specifically apply
to Biblical text and the Christiantradition.[9][need quotation to verify]
Hierographology (Ancient Greek: ἱερός, hieros, "sacred" or "holy"; γραφή, graphe,
"writing"; λόγος, logos, "word" or "reason") (archaically also 'hierology') is the study of
sacred texts.

Sacred texts of various religions[edit]

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The following is an in-exhaustive list of links to specific religious texts which may be used
for further, more in-depth study.
Adidam[edit]

 The writings of Franklin Albert Jones a.k.a. Adi Da Love-Ananda Samraj

  Aletheon
 The Companions of the True Dawn Horse
 The Dawn Horse Testament
 Gnosticon
 The Heart of the Adi Dam Revelation
 Not-Two IS Peace
 Pneumaton
 Transcendental Realism
Aetherius Society[edit]

 The Nine Freedoms

Ásatrú[edit]

 Havamal
 Eddur
Atenism[edit]

 Great Hymn to the Aten

Ayyavazhi[edit]

 The Akilathirattu Ammanai

 The Arul Nool
Aztec religion[edit]

 The Borgia Group codices

Bahá'í Faith[edit]
Main article: Bahá'í literature
Books by Bahá'u'lláh

 The Four Valleys (1857 version)

 The Seven Valleys (1860 version)
 The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh (in Arabic 1857)
 The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh (in Persian 1857)
 Gems of Divine Mysteries (ca 1859)
 The Book of Certitude (partly in Persian and partly in Arabic 1861)
 Summons of the Lord of Hosts (ca 1868)
 Tabernacle of Unity (ca 1870)
 Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Completed 1873)
 Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh Revealed After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (written until 1892)
 Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (ca 1890)
 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (compilation chosen by Shoghi Effendi of
Bahá'u'lláh's writings, 1853 to 1892)
Bön[edit]

 Bon Kangyur and Tengyur

Buddhism[edit]
Ancient style of scripture used for the Pāli Canon

See also: Buddhist texts

Theravada Buddhism

 The Tipitaka or Pāli Canon

 Vinaya Pitaka
 Sutta Pitaka
 Digha Nikaya, the "long" discourses.
 Majjhima Nikaya, the "middle-length" discourses.
 Samyutta Nikaya, the "connected" discourses.
 Anguttara Nikaya, the "numerical" discourses.
 Khuddaka Nikaya, the "minor collection".
 Abhidhamma Pitaka
East Asian Mahayana

The Chinese Diamond Sutra, the oldest known dated printed book in the world, printed in the 9th
year of Xiantong Era of the Tang Dynasty, or 868 CE. British Library.

 The Chinese Buddhist Mahayana sutras, including

 Diamond Sutra and the Heart Sutra
 Shurangama Sutra and its Shurangama Mantra
 Great Compassion Mantra
 Pure Land Buddhism
 Infinite Life Sutra
 Amitabha Sutra
 Contemplation Sutra
 other Pure Land Sutras
 Tiantai, Tendai, and Nichiren
 Lotus Sutra
 Shingon
 Mahavairocana Sutra
 Vajrasekhara Sutra
Tibetan Buddhism
 Tibetan Kangyur and Tengyur
Caodaism[edit]

 Kinh Thiên Đạo Và Thế Đạo (Prayers of the Heavenly and the Earthly Way)
 Pháp Chánh Truyền (The Religious Constitution of Caodaism)
 Tân Luật (The Canonical Codes)
 Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển (Compilation of Divine Messages)[10]
Cheondoism[edit]

 The Donghak Scripture

 The Songs of Yongdam
 The Sermons of Master Haeweol
 The Sermons of Revered Teacher Euiam[11]
Christianity[edit]
Further information: Biblical canon, Christian biblical canons, and Books of the Bible

Christian Bible, 1407 handwritten copy

Traditional Christianity

 The Bible (the Old Testament and the New Testament). The Apostolic churches
(Catholicism and Orthodoxy) also include the Deuterocanonicals.
 For Protestantism, this is the 66-book canon - the Jewish Tanakh of 24 books
divided differently (into 39 books) and the universal 27-book New Testament.
Some denominations also include the 15 books of the Apocrypha between the
Old Testament and the New Testament, for a total of 81 books.
 For Catholicism, this includes seven deuterocanonical books in the Old
Testament for a total of 73 books, called the Canon of Trent (in versions of the
Latin Vulgate, 3 Esdras, 4 Esdras, and the Prayer of Manasseh are included in
an appendix, but considered non-canonical).
 For the Eastern Orthodox Church, this includes the anagignoskomena, which
consist of the Catholic deuterocanon, plus 3 Maccabees, Psalm 151, the Prayer
of Manasseh, and 3 Esdras. 4 Maccabees is considered to be canonical by
the Georgian Orthodox Church.[12]
 The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (and its offspring, the Eritrean
Orthodox Church) adds various additional books depending on the specific
enumeration of the canon (see Ethiopian Biblical canon), but always includes 4
Esdras, the Book of Jubilees, 1 Enoch, 4 Baruch, and 1, 2, and 3 Meqabyan (no
relation to the Books of Maccabees).
 Some Syriac churches accept the Letter of Baruch as scripture.
Christian Scientists
The Bible (left) and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (right) serve as the pastor of
the Christian Science church.

 The Bible
 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. This textbook,
along with the Bible, serves as the permanent "impersonal pastor" of the church.
Gnosticism

 Nag Hammadi library and other Gnostic texts (not from the Bible)
 Some books of the Old Testament and New Testament
 Cerdonianism and Marcionism
 Only the Gospel of Marcion and selected Pauline epistles accepted
Jehovah's Witnesses

 The Bible (The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is their preferred
translation.)
Latter Day Saint movement
Further information: Standard Works and Biblical canon § Latter Day Saint canons

 The Bible
 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) uses the LDS
edition of the King James Bible for English-speaking members; other versions
are used in non-English speaking countries.
 The Community of Christ (RLDS) uses the Joseph Smith Translation, which it
calls the Inspired Version, as well as updated modern translations.
 The Book of Mormon
Cover page of The Book of Mormonfrom an original 1830 edition, by Joseph Smith, Jr.
(Image from the U.S. Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.)

 The Pearl of Great Price is authoritative in the LDS Church, rejected by Community
of Christ.
 The Doctrine and Covenants
 There are significant differences in content and section numbering between
the Doctrine and Covenants used by the Community of Christ (RLDS) and the
LDS Church.
 Other, smaller branches of Latter Day Saints include other scriptures, such as
the Book of the Law of the Lord used by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints (Strangite) or The Word of the Lord used by Fettingite branches.
Native American Church (Christian-leaning factions)
See below.
Rastafari movement
See below.
Seventh-day Adventists

 The Bible
 The writings of Ellen White are held to an elevated status, though not equal
with the Bible, as she is considered to have been an inspired prophetess.
Swedenborgianism
See below.
Unification Church
See below.
Confucianism[edit]

 The Five Classics

 The Four Books
 The Thirteen Classics
 The Three Commentaries
Creativity Movement[edit]

 The writings of Ben Klassen

 Nature's Eternal Religion
 White Man's Bible
 Salubrious Living
Discordianism[edit]

 The Principia Discordia

Druidism[edit]

 The Mabinogion
 Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of Invasions)
Druze[edit]

 Rasa'il al-hikmah (Epistles of Wisdom)

Dudeism[edit]

 The Dude De Ching

 Duderonomy
Ancient Egyptian religion[edit]

Pyramid texts from Teti I's pyramid.

Old Kingdom
 Pyramid Texts
First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom

 Coffin Texts
Second Intermediate Period

 Book of the Dead

 Book of Caverns
 Book of Gates
 Amduat
 Book of the Heavenly Cow
 Litany of Re
Etruscan religion[edit]
The Cippus of Perugia, 3rd or 2nd century BCE

 Liber Linteus
 Pyrgi Tablets
Ancient Greece[edit]

 Aretalogy
 Argonautica
 Bibliotheca
 Derveni papyrus
 Ehoiai
 Homeric Hymns
 Iliad
 Odyssey
 Telegony
 The golden verses of Pythagoras
 Theogony
 Works and Days
 Epic Cycle
 Theban Cycle
Hermeticism[edit]

 Hermetica, Kybalion, Emerald Tablet and associated writings

Hinduism[edit]
Main article: Hindu texts
Śruti

 Vedas
 Rig Veda
 Sama Veda
 Yajur Veda
 Atharva Veda
 Brahmanas
 Aranyakas
 Upanishads
 The Bhagavad Gita is Lord Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of
the Kurukshetra.

Smriti

 Itihāsas
 Mahābhārata (including the Bhagavad Gita)
 Bhagavad Gita
 Ramayana
 Puranas (List)
 Bhagavata Purana
 Tantras
 Sutras (List)
 Stotras
 Ashtavakra Gita
 Gherand Samhita
 Gita Govinda
 Hatha Yoga Pradipika
 Yoga Vasistha
In Purva Mimamsa

 Purva Mimamsa Sutras

In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa)

 Brahma Sutras of Vyasa

In Yoga

 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

In Samkhya

 Samkhya Sutras of Kapila

In Nyaya

 Nyāya Sūtras of Gautama

In Vaisheshika

 Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada

In Vaishnavism

 Vaikhanasa Samhitas
 Pancaratra Samhitas
 Divyaprabandha
In Saktism

 Sakta Tantras
In Kashmir Saivism

 64 Bhairavagamas
 28 Shaiva Agamas
 Shiva Sutras of Vasugupta
 Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
In Pashupata Shaivism

 Pashupata Sutras of Lakulish

 Panchartha-bhashya of Kaundinya (a commentary on the Pashupata
Sutras)
 Ganakarika
 Ratnatika of Bhasarvajna
In Shaiva Siddhanta

 28 Saiva Agamas
 Tirumurai (canon of 12 works)
 Meykandar Shastras (canon of 14 works)
In Gaudiya Vaishnavism

 Brahma Samhita
 Jayadeva's Gita Govinda
Krishna-karnamrita

 Chaitanya Bhagavata
 Chaitanya Charitamrita
 Prema-bhakti-candrika
 Hari-bhakti-vilasa
In Lingayatism

 Siddhanta Shikhamani
 Vachana sahitya
 Mantra Gopya
 Shoonya Sampadane
 28 Agamas
 Karana Hasuge
 Basava purana
In Kabir Panth
 poems of Kabir
In Dadu Panth

 poems of Dadu
Islam[edit]

11th Century North African Qur'anin the British Museum

Main article: Islamic holy books

 The Quran (also referred to as Kuran, Koran, Qur’ān, Coran or al-

Qur’ān) – Four books considered to be revealed and mentioned by
name in the Qur'an are the Quran (revealed to
Muhammad), Tawrat (revealed to Musa), the Zabur (revealed
to Dawud) and the Injil (revealed to Isa)
Jainism[edit]
Main article: Jain Agamas
Svetambara

 11 Angas
 Secondary
 12 Upangas, 4 Mula-sutras, 6 Cheda-sutras, 2 Culika-
sutras, 10 Prakirnakas
Digambara

 Karmaprabhrita, also called Satkhandagama

 Kashayaprabhrita
Nonsectarian/Nonspecific

 Jina Vijaya
 Tattvartha Sutra
 GandhaHasti Mahabhashya (authoritative and oldest commentary
on the Tattvartha Sutra)
Jediism[edit]

 Aionomica
 Rammahgon
Judaism[edit]
 A Sefer Torah opened for liturgical use in a synagogue service

Rabbinic Judaism
See also: Rabbinic literature

 The Tanakh i.e. Hebrew Bible

 Torah (teachings)
 Nevi'im (prophets)
 Ketuvim (writings)
 The Talmud
 Mishnah
 Gemara
Kabbalism

 Kabbalah: Primary texts

 Zohar
Hasidism

 Early texts:
 Noam Elimelech (Elimelech of Lizhensk)
 Kedushat Levi (Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev)
 Foundational texts of various Hasidic sects:
 Likutei Moharan (Breslov)
 Me'or Einayim (Chernobyl)
 Mei Hashiloach (Izhbitza – Radzin)
 Tanya (Chabad)
 Vayoel Moshe (Satmar)
Karaite Judaism

 The Tanakh
Haymanot

 The Tanakh with several Jewish apocrypha

Kiratism[edit]
Each four Kirati people have their own Scripture.

 The Mundhum of the Limbu ethnic group

Konkokyo[edit]

 Konkokyo Kyōten (Sacred Scriptures of Konkokyo)

 Oshirase-Goto Obobe-Chō
 Konko Daijin Oboegaki
 Gorikai I
  Gorikai II
 Gorikai III[13]
Mandaeanism[edit]

 The Ginza Rba

 Book of the Zodiac
 Qolusta, Canonical Prayerbook
 Book of John the Baptizer
 Diwan Abatur, Purgatories
 1012 Questions
 Coronation of Shislam Rba
 Baptism of Hibil Ziwa
 Haran Gawaita
Manichaeism[edit]

 The Evangelion (Greek: Εὐαγγέλιον, meaning roughly "good

news"). Also known as the Gospel of Mani and The Living
Gospel
 the Treasure of Life
 the Pragmateia (Greek: πραγματεία)
 the Book of Mysteries
 The Book of Giants
 the Epistles
 Manichaean Psalter
 The Shabuhragan
 The Arzhang
 The Kephalaia (Greek: Κεφάλαια), "Discourses", found in Coptic
translation.
Maya religion[edit]

 The Popol Vuh

 the Dresden Codex
 the Madrid Codex
 the Paris Codex
 countless destroyed codices
Meher Baba[edit]

 God Speaks
 Discourses
Native American Church[edit]

 The Bible (among Christian-leaning factions only)

New Age religions[edit]
Various New Age religions may regard any of the following texts as
inspired:

 A Course in Miracles
 Conversations with God
 Oahspe
 The Urantia Book
 Isis Unveiled
Orphism[edit]

 Orphic Poems
Pastafarianism[edit]

 The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Raëlism[edit]

 The writings of Raël aka Claude Vorilhon

 Intelligent Design: Message from the Designers
 Sensual Meditation
 Yes to Human Cloning
Rastafari movement[edit]

 The Bible (Ethiopian Orthodox canon)

 the Holy Piby
 the Kebra Nagast
 The speeches and writings of Haile Selassie I (including his
autobiography My Life and Ethiopia's Progress)
 Royal Parchment Scroll of Black Supremacy
Ravidassia[edit]

 The Amritbani Guru Ravidass Ji

Samaritanism[edit]
See also: Samaritans § Religious texts

 The Samaritan Torah

LaVeyan Satanism[edit]

 The Satanic Bible

 The Satanic Rituals
Non-LaVeyan Satanists don't use any specific holy book.
Science of Mind[edit]

 The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes

Scientology[edit]

 Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health

 List of Scientology texts
Shinto[edit]

 The Kojiki
 The Rikkokushi, which includes the Nihon Shoki and the Shoku
Nihongi
 The Fudoki
 The Jinnō Shōtōki
 The Kujiki
Sikhism[edit]

Illuminated Guru Granth folio with Mul Mantar(basic religion mantra)

with signature of Guru Gobind Singh.

Main article: Sikh scriptures

 The Guru Granth Sahib

 The Dasam Granth
Spiritism[edit]

 The Spirits Book

 The Book on Mediums
 The Gospel According to Spiritism
 Heaven and Hell
 The Genesis According to Spiritism
Sumerian[edit]

 The Barton Cylinder

Swedenborgianism[edit]
The New Church

 The Bible (several books omitted)

 The works of Emanuel Swedenborg (not considered equal to the
Bible)
The General Church

 The Bible (several books omitted)

 The works of Emanuel Swedenborg (considered equal to the
Bible)
Taoism[edit]

 Tao Te Ching
 Zhuangzi (book)
 Daozang
Tenrikyo[edit]

 The Ofudesaki
 The Mikagura-uta
 The Osashizu
Thelema[edit]

 The Holy Books of Thelema, especially The Book of the Law

Unarius Academy of Science[edit]

 The Pulse of Creation Series

 The Voice of Venus
 The Voice of Eros
 The Voice of Orion
 The Voice of Hermes
 The Voice of Muse, Unarius, & Elysium
 The Infinite Concept of Cosmic Creation
Unification Church[edit]

 The Divine Principle

 The Bible as illuminated by more recent revelation
Urantianism[edit]

 The Urantia Book

Wicca[edit]

 Book of Shadows
 Charge of the Goddess
 Threefold Law
 Wiccan Rede
Yârsân[edit]

 Kalâm-e Saranjâm
Yazidi[edit]

 Yazidi Black Book

 Yazidi Book of Revelation
 The true core texts of the Yazidi religion that exist today are the
hymns, known as qawls.
Yorùbá[edit]

 Odù Ifá
 Jaap Verduijn's Odu Ifa Collection
Zoroastrianism[edit]
 Yasna 28.1 (Bodleian MS J2)

 Primary religious texts, that is, the Avesta collection:

 The Yasna, the primary liturgical collection, includes
the Gathas.
 The Visperad, a collection of supplements to the Yasna.
 The Yashts, hymns in honor of the divinities.
 The Vendidad, describes the various forms of evil spirits and
ways to confound them.
 shorter texts and prayers, the Yashts the
five Nyaishes ("worship, praise"), the Sirozeh and
the Afringans (blessings).
 There are some 60 secondary religious texts, none of which are
considered scripture. The most important of these are:
 The Denkard (middle Persian, 'Acts of Religion'),
 The Bundahishn, (middle Persian, 'Primordial Creation')
 The Menog-i Khrad, (middle Persian, 'Spirit of Wisdom')
 The Arda Viraf Namak (middle Persian, 'The Book of Arda
Viraf')
 The Sad-dar (modern Persian, 'Hundred Doors', or 'Hundred
Chapters')
 The Rivayats, 15th-18th century correspondence on
religious issues
 For general use by the laity:
 The Zend (lit. commentaries), various commentaries on and
translations of the Avesta.
 The Khordeh Avesta, Zoroastrian prayer book for lay people
from the Avesta.

References[edit]
1. ^ Kramer, Samuel (1942). "The Oldest Literary Catalogue: A
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2. ^ Sanders, Seth (2002). "Old Light on Moses' Shining
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12. ^ Eastern Orthodox also generally divide Baruch and Letter of
Jeremiah into two books instead of one. The enumeration of the
Books of Ezra is different in many Orthodox Bibles, as it is in all
others: see Wikipedia's article on the naming conventions of the
Books of Esdras.
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