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“”SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
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| —Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (1911) |
A holy book is a text sacred to a particular religion. Alternatively, it is a book that has been eaten by worms.
[edit] Notable Holy Books
- In order of approximate publication dates:
- The Vedas (~1500 BCE)[1]
- The Upanishads (Primary texts written during 8th-6th Century BCE, but several minor texts have been written as late as the 1,500s.)[2]
- The Avesta (Zoroastrianism)
- The Torah (Compiled between 600-400BCE from scrolls dating back to 1200 BCE)[3]
- The Tao Te Ching (6th century BCE)[4]
- The Bible (Compiled from books written between 1200 BCE and 150-200 CE)[5]
- The Qur'an (Roughly 650 CE)[6]
- The Guru Granth Sahib of Sikhism [7]
- Calculus textbooks (17th century)[8]
- The Book of Mormon (19th century)[9]
- The Aqdas (19th century)
- The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th century)[10]
- Dianetics (20th century)[11]
- The Principia Discordia (20th century)[12]
- The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (21st Century)[13]
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Internet Sacred Text Archives: Hindusim — The Vedas
- ↑ Internet Sacred Text Archive: The Upanishads
- ↑ The Hebrew Bible in English
- ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica: Lao-tzu
- ↑ BibleGateway.com
- ↑ Mr. Mohammed, Esq.
- ↑ Guru Granth Sahib
- ↑ See Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, as in "simultaneously and independently," as they say in College Bowls.
- ↑ Joseph Smith
- ↑ The honourable Douglas Adams
- ↑ L. Ron Hubbard
- ↑ The Wholey Booque of Discordians Everywhere
- ↑ Wikipedia: The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster