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Examples, in order of approximate publication dates:
 
Examples, in order of approximate publication dates:
  
*The Vedas ~1500 BCE <ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm</ref>
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*The [[Vedas]] (~1500 BCE) <ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm</ref>
*The [[Upanishads]] (4th upsidedownishand century?) <ref>Anyone know this one?</ref>
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*The [[Upanishads]] Earliest 8th-7th Century BCE to the modern era<ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/upan/index.htm</ref>
*The [[Torah]] (621ish BCE? Maybe? Hard to tell) <ref>The only thing I could find with a date was Wikipedia. Written by a bunch of old, well, [[judaism|Jews]].</ref>
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*The [[Torah]] (Compiled between 600-400BCE from scrolls dating back to 1200 BCE) <ref>http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm</ref>
 
*The [[Tao Te Ching]] (6th century BCE)<ref>http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047153/Lao-tzu</ref>
 
*The [[Tao Te Ching]] (6th century BCE)<ref>http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047153/Lao-tzu</ref>
*The [[Bible]] (Between 0 and 200 CE)<ref>Auth., misc. and unkn.</ref>
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*The [[Bible]] (Compiled from books written between 1200 BCE and 300 CE)<ref>http://www.biblegateway.com</ref>
 
*The [[Qur'an]](Roughly 650 CE)<ref>Mr. Mohammed, Esq.</ref>
 
*The [[Qur'an]](Roughly 650 CE)<ref>Mr. Mohammed, Esq.</ref>
 
*[[Calculus]] textbooks (17th century)<ref>See [[Isaac Newton]] and whathisface Liebniz, as in "simultaneously and independently", as they say in College Bowls.</ref>
 
*[[Calculus]] textbooks (17th century)<ref>See [[Isaac Newton]] and whathisface Liebniz, as in "simultaneously and independently", as they say in College Bowls.</ref>

Revision as of 15:07, 14 July 2008

A holy book is one that has been eaten by bookworms.

Examples, in order of approximate publication dates:

References

  1. http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm
  2. http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/upan/index.htm
  3. http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm
  4. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047153/Lao-tzu
  5. http://www.biblegateway.com
  6. Mr. Mohammed, Esq.
  7. See Isaac Newton and whathisface Liebniz, as in "simultaneously and independently", as they say in College Bowls.
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. The honorable Douglas Adams
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