sacred texts of the world notes

• Bahai’i
  • main text
  • kitab al-aqdas
    • relies on literature
    • considered to be revelations from the prophets
    • originally arabic but most commonly referred to by the Persian name
  • genre
    • authoritative
    • sometimes were oral (so they can't always be trusted)
    • BahaAllah (sp?)
  • main text 2
  • kitab i-aqdas
    • mother book
    • mostly written by Bahallah
• Buddhism
  • main text
  • the Tripitaka
    • literal translation
    • three baskets
    • 3 books
    • a split into three collections
    • given by buddha and his closest disciples
  • genre
    • teachings
• Christianity
  • the Bible
• Confucianism
  • main text
  • analects
    • collection of 9 books
    • one of those nine books
    • teachings of Confucius
  • genre
    • little wise sayings
    • might think of them as proverbs
• Hinduism
  • main text
  • the vedas
    • four collections
    • sections for each god and their rules
    • oldest sacred text
  • genre
    • poetry, teachings, etc
    • rituals and rules
• Islam
  • main text
  • the quran
    • written in arabic
    • they don't really want it translated
    • irradiate sins and be devoted to allah
  • genre
    • sermon-esk
  • Bonus
  • Koran 🚩🚩🚩
    • (don't spell Quran like)
    • colonized version of Quran
    • islamiphobic spell it like that
• Judaism
  • main text
  • the tanach (an acronym)
    • 3 parts
    • torrah (five Books of Moses)
      • foundation
      • 10 commandements
      • ethic and morals
      • guidance
      • rulebook
      • writings
      • exodus, Leviticus, numbers, deutoronomy
    • Nav-ian
    • Kebiam
• Mormonism
  • main text
  • book of mormon
    • structured like the bible
    • divided into books written by the prophets
    • structures and guidelines
  • genre
  • story tellings
  • bonus
  • they believe at some point Jesus came to america
  • and taught the American ppl and the lost tribes of Israel
• Scientology
  • main text
  • dianetics
    • pretty opinionated
    • counseling and therapy is the key to solving your problems
  • genre
    • fantasy
    • pseudoscience
• Shinto
  • main text
  • kojiki + nihon shoki
    • two oldest documents hat record the history of the country
    • includes myth legends and historical recounts
    • they go together
    • written in chinese
  • genre
  • origin story
  • creation story
• Sikhism
  • main text
  • Guru Granth Sahib
    • last lining guru
    • teaches oneness of humanity, and equableness between men and women
    • focal point in a gudwar
  • genre
    • rule book
    • sermon-esk
• Taoism
  • main text
  • tao te ching
    • book of wisdom
    • core values and how to live a simple life
    • from Lao Tsu
  • not very thick
  • can you make something happen by not doing anything
  • genre
  • teachings
  • feels poetry
• Wicca
  • main text
  • book of shadows
    • gerald gardner wrote the first one
    • its not passed down
    • you'd write your own book that relates to your magick
    • kinda like a spell book or a journal
• Yoruba
  • odu ifa
  • has largely been oral
  • recently been written down

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