The following is a non-exhaustive list of links to specific religious texts which may be used for further, more in-depth study.

Bronze Age

Pyramid texts from Teti I's pyramid.

Ancient Egyptian religion[edit]

Sumerian religion[edit]

Babylonian religion[edit]

Canaanite religion[edit]

Classical antiquity

The Cippus of Perugia, 3rd or 2nd century BCE

Etruscan religion[edit]

Ancient Greek religion[edit]

Hermeticism[edit]

Mandaeism[edit]

Main texts:

Ritual texts:

Esoteric texts:

Historical texts:

Others:

Manichaeism[edit]

Orphism[edit]

East Asian religions

Further information: East Asian religions

Confucianism[edit]

The Four Books and Five Classics:

The Thirteen Classics (I Ching, Book of Documents, Classic of Poetry, Rites of Zhou, Etiquette and Ceremonial, Book of Rites, The Commentary of Zuo, The Commentary of Gongyang, The Commentary of Guliang, The Analects, Classic of Filial Piety, Erya, Mencius)

Taoism[edit]

Shinto[edit]

Iranian religions

Further information: Iranian religions

Yasna 28.1 (Bodleian MS J2)

Zoroastrianism[edit]

Primary religious texts (the Avesta collection):

There are some 60 secondary religious texts, none of which are considered scripture. The most important of these are:

For general use by the laity:

Yarsanism[edit]

Yazidi[edit]

The true core texts of the Yazidi religion that exist today are the hymns, known as qawls. Spurious examples of so-called "Yazidi religious texts" include the Yazidi Black Book and the Yazidi Book of Revelation, which are believed to have been forged in the early 20th century; the Yazidi Black Book, for instance, is thought to be a combination of genuine Yazidi beliefs and Western forgeries.[1][2]

Indian religions

Further information: Indian religions

Ancient style of scripture used for the Pāli Canon
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.
The Bhagavad Gita is Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on the battlefield of the Kurukshetra.
Illuminated Guru Granth folio with Mul Mantar (basic religion mantra) with signature of Guru Gobind Singh.

Buddhism[edit]

Theravada Buddhism:

East Asian Mahayana:

Tibetan Buddhism:

Hinduism[edit]

Śruti:

Smriti:

In Purva Mimamsa:

In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa):

In Yoga:

In Samkhya:

In Nyaya:

In Vaisheshika:

In Vaishnavism:

In Shaktism:

In Kashmir Saivism:

In Pashupata Shaivism:

In Shaiva Siddhanta:

In Gaudiya Vaishnavism:

Krishna-karnamrita:

In Lingayatism:

In Kabir Panth:

In Dadu Panth:

In Ayyavazhi:

Akilattirattu Ammanai:

Arul Nool:

Jainism[edit]

Śvetāmbara:

Digambara

Nonsectarian/Nonspecific:

Ravidassia[edit]

Amritbani Guru Ravidass Ji, the holy book contains the following hymns: Raga – Siri (1), Gauri (5), Asa (6), Gujari (1), Sorath (7), Dhanasari (3), Jaitsari (1), Suhi (3), Bilaval (2), Gaund (2), Ramkali (1), Maru (2), Kedara (1), Bhairau (1), Basant (1), and Malhar (3). The book contains 140 shabads, 40 pade, and 231 salok.[3] There are 177 pages in all of the book.

Sikhism[edit]

Satpanth[edit]

Abrahamic religions

Further information: Abrahamic religions

11th century North African Qur'an in the British Museum
Christian Bible, 1407 handwritten copy
1841, first European (London) edition of the Book of Mormon, at the Springs Preserve museum, Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Bible (left) and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (right) serve as the pastor of the Christian Science church.
A Sefer Torah opened for liturgical use in a synagogue service

Azalism (Religion of Bayan)[edit]

Bahá'í Faith[edit]

Christianity[edit]

Bible[edit]

The contents of Christian Bibles differ by denomination.

Additional and alternative scriptures[edit]

Some Christian denominations have additional or alternate holy scriptures, some with authoritativeness similar to the Old Testament and New Testament.

Latter Day Saint movement[edit]

Liturgical books[edit]

Liturgical books are used to guide or script worship, and many are specific to a denomination.

Catholic liturgical books:

Protestant liturgical books:

Doctrines and laws[edit]

Various Christian denominations have texts which define the doctrines of the group or set out laws which are considered binding. The groups consider these to range in permanence from unquestionable interpretations of divine revelations to human decisions made for convenience or elucidation which are subject to reconsideration.

Druze[edit]

Islam[edit]

The five universally acknowledged messengers (rasul) in Islam are Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jesus and Muhammad,[10] each believed to have been sent with a scripture. Muslims believe David (Dāwūd) received Psalms (Zabur)[11] (cf. Q38:28); Jesus (Īsā) the Gospel (Injil); Muhammad received the Qur'an; Abraham (Ibrahim) the Scrolls of Abraham; and Moses (Mūsā) the Torah (Tawrat).[12]

Sunni Islam[edit]

Twelver Islam[edit]

Alawites[edit]

Ahmadiyya[edit]

Alevism (Qizilbash)[edit]

The most revered Alevi scriptures are:

Mevlevi Order[edit]

Ismaili Islam[edit]

In Ismailism Quran is divided into Tanzil (Original Quran) and Ta'wil (Exgenesis) this is One Scripture (Quran) :

Judaism[edit]

Rabbinic Judaism[edit]

Haymanot[edit]
Kabbalism[edit]

Non-rabbinic Judaism[edit]

Karaite Judaism[edit]
Jewish Science[edit]

Rastafari movement[edit]

Samaritanism[edit]

Shabakism[edit]

Pre-Columbian Americas

Aztec religion

Main article: Aztec religion

Maya religion

Main article: Maya religion

Ethnic religions

Bon (autochthonous religious tradition of Tibet)[edit]

Old Norse religion[edit]

Kiratism[edit]

Yorùbá[edit]

New religious movements

Further information: New religious movements

The ACIM Movement[edit]

Ahmedi religion of Peace and Light[edit]

The writings of Franklin Albert Jones a.k.a. Adi Da Love-Ananda Samraj[edit]

Aetherius Society[edit]

Caodaism[edit]

Cheondoism[edit]

Creativity Movement[edit]

The writings of Ben Klassen:

Discordianism[edit]

Druidry[edit]

Dudeism[edit]

Heathenry[edit]

Konkokyo[edit]

Meher Baba[edit]

Meivazhi[edit]

Oahspe Faithism[edit]

Pastafarianism[edit]

Raëlism[edit]

The writings of Raël a.k.a. Claude Vorilhon:

Ravidassia[edit]

Religious Science[edit]

Satanism[edit]

Scientology[edit]

Spiritism[edit]

SubGenius[edit]

Tenrikyo[edit]

Thelema[edit]

Unarius Academy of Science[edit]

Urantianism[edit]

Wicca[edit]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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 the naming conventions of the Books of Esdras.

References

  1. ^ "YAZIDIS i. GENERAL" at Encyclopædia Iranica
  2. ^ Omarkhali, Khanna. "Kitāb al-Jilwa". Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_35639.
  3. ^ "JaiGurdev. Ravidassia Religion, Dera Sach Khand Ballan, jalandhar punjab india". derasachkhandballan.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  4. ^ Angell, Stephen W (2015), "Renegade Oxonian: Samuel Fisher's Importance in Formulating a Quaker Understanding of Scripture", in Angell, Stephen W; Dandelion, Pink (eds.), Early Quakers and Their Theological Thought 1647–1723, Cambridge University Press, pp. 137–154, doi:10.1017/cbo9781107279575.010, ISBN 9781107279575
  5. ^ "Strangite Scriptures" Archived 21 October 2013 at Archive-It. Strangite.org. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  6. ^ Salvation Army International Theological Council (2010). Handbook of Doctrine. London: Salvation Books. ISBN 978-0-85412-822-8.
  7. ^ "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Roman Catholic Church) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  8. ^ "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith". Ewtn.com. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  9. ^ Doctrine of the Methodist Church, accessed 25 may 2018
  10. ^ Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, C. Glasse, Messenger
  11. ^ Wherry, Elwood Morris (1896). A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co.
  12. ^ A-Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, B.M. Wheeler, Apostle
  13. ^ "Caodaism In A Nutshell".
  14. ^ "chondogyo.or.kr". Archived from the original on February 18, 2005.
  15. ^ "Sacred Scripture (Kyoten) – KONKOKYO".