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.
All labels observed (35)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| prophetic book | 21 |
| holy book canonical | 14 |
| religious text collection | 14 |
| Vaishnava scripture | 10 |
| QuranicSurah | 9 |
| source of Islamic law | 6 |
| Bible | 5 |
| Buddhist canon | 5 |
| ReligiousTextSection | 5 |
| Mahayana Buddhist text | 4 |
| addition to the Book of Daniel | 4 |
| book of the Ramayana | 4 |
| religious canon | 4 |
| Bahá'í text | 3 |
| Torah book | 3 |
| Bábí scripture | 2 |
| Hindu scripture chapter | 2 |
| sapiential book | 2 |
| Bahá'í religious text | 1 |
| Caodai scripture | 1 |
| Fourth Book of Moses | 1 |
| Hindu religious book | 1 |
| Hindu sacred text | 1 |
| Kutub al-Sittah book | 1 |
| Taoist canon | 1 |
| Taoist scripture | 1 |
| body of sacred teachings | 1 |
| canonical book | 1 |
| central scripture of Bábism | 1 |
| deuterocanonical work | 1 |
| record in the Book of Mormon | 1 |
| sacred text artifact | 1 |
| sacred text classification | 1 |
| sacred text in Hinduism | 1 |
| كلام الله | 1 |
Instances (124)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Bodhisattvacaryavatara | Mahayana Buddhist text |
| The Seven-Pointed Star | — |
| Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children | addition to the Book of Daniel |
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shruti
surface form:
Shruti
|
sacred text classification |
| Bala Kanda | book of the Ramayana |
| Āraṇyaka | Hindu sacred text |
| Protestant Bible | religious text collection |
| Aranya Kanda | book of the Ramayana |
| Lalita Sahasranama | sacred text in Hinduism |
| Kishkindha Kanda | book of the Ramayana |
| Book of Joel | prophetic book |
| Book of Hosea | prophetic book |
| Book of Ezekiel | prophetic book |
| Bhagavata Purana | Vaishnava scripture |
| The Nectar of Instruction | Hindu religious book |
| Great Bible | Bible |
| Book of Obadiah | prophetic book |
| Book of Jeremiah | prophetic book |
| Book of Nahum | prophetic book |
| Book of Habakkuk | prophetic book |
| Yuddha Kanda | book of the Ramayana |
| Tao Te Ching | Taoist scripture |
| Daozang | Taoist canon |
| Book of Zephaniah | prophetic book |
| Book of Haggai | prophetic book |
| Book of Zechariah | prophetic book |
| Book of Malachi | prophetic book |
| Wisdom | sapiential book |
| Obadiah | prophetic book |
|
Amos
surface form:
Book of Amos
|
prophetic book |
| Matthew Bible | Bible |
| Sankhya Yoga | Hindu scripture chapter |
| Book of Genesis | Torah book |
|
Numbers
surface form:
Book of 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 |
| Ghafir | QuranicSurah |
| Book of Daniel | prophetic book |
| Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển | Caodai scripture |
| golden plates | sacred text artifact |
|
Daniel
surface form:
Book of Daniel
|
prophetic book |
| Kitáb-i-Aqdas | Bahá'í text |
| Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh | Bahá'í text |
| Some Answered Questions | Bahá'í religious text |
| Plates of Ether | record in the Book of Mormon |
| Fussilat | QuranicSurah |
| Ha Mim Sajdah | QuranicSurah |
| Book of Jonah | prophetic book |