Holy book

A dime a dozen Scriptures

Divine scribblings

Book of Mormon Dianetics Essene Gospel of Peace Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ Qur'an Tao Te Ching Old Testament Kutub al-Sittah Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Oahspe A Course in Miracles Bible v - t - e

A holy book is a text sacred to a particular religion. Not to be confused with a holey book, a book that has been eaten by worms, though there is some overlap between the two categories.

Notable holy books[edit]

In order of approximate publication dates:

• The Vedas (~1500 BCE)^[3]
• The Upanishads (primary texts written during 8^th-6^th Century BCE, but several minor texts produced as late as the 1500s.)^[4]
• The Avesta (Zoroastrianism)
• The Torah (compiled between 600-400 BCE from scrolls dating back to 1200 BCE)^[5] Or maybe a much later date…^[6]
• The Tao Te Ching (6^th century BCE)^[7]
• The Mozi (Mohism, c. 5^th century BC)
• The Bible (compiled from books written between 1200 BCE and 150-200 CE)^[8] (Incorporates the Torah, q.v. above.)
• The Qur'an (roughly 650 CE)^[9]
• Bardo Thodol/Tibetan Book of the Dead (14^th century/1927)
• The Guru Granth Sahib of Sikhism
• Calculus textbooks (17^th century)^[10]
• The Book of Mormon (19^th century)^[11]
• The Aqdas (19^th century)
• The Canonical Codes (Cao Dai, 1920s)
• Dianetics (20^th century)^[12]
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20^th century)^[13]
• The Principia Discordia (20^th century)^[14]
• The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (21^st Century)

See also[edit]

• Holy
• The Sacred and the Profane

References[edit]