holy book

C611 concept

A holy book is a written text or collection of writings regarded by a religious community as divinely inspired or authoritative in matters of faith, morality, and spiritual practice.

Aliases (17)

prophetic book ×6
religious text collection ×6
source of Islamic law ×5
Bible ×3
QuranicSurah ×3
Buddhist canon ×2
Hindu scripture chapter ×2
ReligiousTextSection ×2
Torah book ×2
addition to the Book of Daniel ×2
Fourth Book of Moses ×1
Kutub al-Sittah book ×1
Mahayana Buddhist text ×1
canonical book ×1
deuterocanonical work ×1
religious canon ×1
sapiential book ×1

Instances (42)

Book of Ezekiel ("prophetic book")
Book of Jeremiah ("prophetic book")
Matthew Bible ("Bible")
Sankhya Yoga ("Hindu scripture chapter")
Book of Genesis ("Torah book")
Numbers ("Fourth Book of Moses")
Apocrypha (in early editions) ("religious text collection")
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga ("Hindu scripture chapter")
Book of Sirach ("sapiential book")
Book of Leviticus ("Torah book")
Book of Daniel ("prophetic book")
Daniel ("prophetic book")
Book of Jonah ("prophetic book")
Psalm 151 ("deuterocanonical work")
Bel and the Dragon ("addition to the Book of Daniel")
Surah Al-Imran ("QuranicSurah")
Surah Al-Anbiya ("QuranicSurah")
Five Books of Moses ("religious text collection")
Ijma ("source of Islamic law")
Istihsan ("source of Islamic law")
Susanna ("addition to the Book of Daniel")
Pearl of Great Price ("canonical book")
Sahih Muslim ("Kutub al-Sittah book")
Ketuvim ("religious text collection")
Quran
Gutenberg Bible copies ("Bible")
Surah At-Tur ("QuranicSurah")
Hadith literature ("source of Islamic law")
Orit ("religious text collection")
Segond 21 ("Bible")
Tripitaka ("religious canon")
Mahayana sutras ("Mahayana Buddhist text")
Epistles of Wisdom ("religious text collection")
Tibetan Kangyur ("Buddhist canon")
Sunnah ("source of Islamic law")
Qiyas ("source of Islamic law")
Bible
Book of Micah ("prophetic book")
Avesta ("religious text collection")