Sacred Texts

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Vedas

Hinduism, earliest sacred text, Sanskrit, many versions of stories, says brahman is divine principle of reality

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Upanisads

Hinduism, philosophical and spiritual, says brahman is accessed through meditation, creation stories

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Torah

Judaism, 5 books of TaNakh (Hebrew bible), creation, laws/commandments, exodus to promised land, story of God’s covenant

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Talmud

Judaism, writings of rabbis interpreting earlier Jewish text, has different interpretations

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Quran

Islam, Allah’s revelation to the prophet Muhammed, written down after Muhammed’s death

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Bible

Christianity, Old Testament borrowed from Jewish tradition, New Testament focus on Jesus, gospels

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Neviim

Judaism, prophets

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Ketuvim

Judaism, writings