List of religious texts#Additional and alternative scriptures

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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

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= Ancient Egyptian religion =

= Sumerian religion =

= Babylonian religion =

= Canaanite religion =

{{main|Canaanite religion}}

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Classical antiquity

= Etruscan religion =

{{main|Etruscan mythology}}

= Ancient Greek religion =

= Hermeticism =

{{main|Hermeticism}}

= Mandaeism =

= Manichaeism =

= Orphism =

{{main|Orphism (religion)}}

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East Asian religions

{{Further|East Asian religions}}

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= Confucianism =

= Taoism =

{{main|Taoism}}

= Shinto =

{{main|Shinto}}

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= Tenrikyo =

{{main|Tenrikyo}}

= Muism =

{{main|Muism}}

Iranian religions

{{Further|Iranian religions}}

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= Zoroastrianism =

{{main|Zoroastrianism}}

Primary religious texts (the Avesta collection):

  • The Yasna, the primary liturgical collection, includes the Gathas.
  • The Visperad, a collection of supplements to the Yasna.
  • The Yashts, hymns in honor of the divinities.
  • The Vendidad, describes the various forms of evil spirits and ways to confound them.
  • shorter texts and prayers, the Yashts the five Nyaishes ("worship, praise"), the Sirozeh and the Afringans (blessings).

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

  • The Denkard (Middle Persian, 'Acts of Religion'),
  • The Bundahishn, (Middle Persian, 'Primordial Creation')
  • The Menog-i Khrad, (Middle Persian, 'Spirit of Wisdom')
  • The Arda Viraf Namak (Middle Persian, 'The Book of Arda Viraf')
  • The {{transliteration|fa|Sad-dar}} (modern Persian, 'Hundred Doors', or 'Hundred Chapters')
  • The Rivayats, 15th–18th century correspondence on religious issues

For general use by the laity:

  • The Zend ({{lit|commentaries}}), various commentaries on and translations of the Avesta.
  • The Khordeh Avesta, Zoroastrian prayer book for lay people from the Avesta.

= Yarsanism =

{{main|Yarsanism}}

= Yazidi =

{{main|Yazidi}}

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.{{Iranica|yazidis-i-general-1|Yazidis i. General}}{{Cite journal|last=Omarkhali|first=Khanna|title=Kitāb al-Jilwa|journal=Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition|doi=10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_35639}}

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Indian religions

{{See also|Indian religions}}

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= Buddhism =

{{See also|Early Buddhist Texts|Buddhist texts}}

Theravada Buddhism:

East Asian Mahayana:

Tibetan Buddhism:

= Hinduism =

{{main|Hindu texts}}

Śruti:

Smriti:

In Purva Mimamsa:

In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa):

In Yoga:

In Samkhya:

  • Samkhya Sutras of Kapila

In Nyaya:

In Vaisheshika:

  • Vaisheshika Sutras of Kanada

In Vaishnavism:

In Shaktism:

In Kashmir Saivism:

In Pashupata Shaivism:

In Shaiva Siddhanta:

  • 28 Shaiva Agamas
  • Tirumurai (canon of 12 works)
  • Meykandar Shastras (canon of 14 works)

In Gaudiya Vaishnavism:

Krishna-karnamrita:

In Lingayatism:

In Kabir Panth:

In Dadu Panth:

In Ayyavazhi:

Akilattirattu Ammanai:

Arul Nool:

= Jainism =

{{Main|Jain literature}}

Śvetāmbara:

  • 11 Angas
  • Secondary
  • 12 Upangas, 4 Mula-sutras, 6 Cheda-sutras, 2 Culika-sutras, 10 Prakirnakas

Digambara

Nonsectarian/Nonspecific:

  • Jina Vijaya
  • Tattvartha Sutra
  • GandhaHasti Mahabhashya (authoritative and oldest commentary on the Tattvartha Sutra)
  • Four Anuyogas (the four vedas of Jainism)

{{main|Sikhism}}

= Sikhism =

= Satpanth =

{{Main|Satpanth|Ginans}}

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Abrahamic religions

{{Further|Abrahamic religions}}

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= Azalism (Religion of Bayan) =

{{main|Azalism}}

  • Writings of the Báb
  • Persian Bayán 19,000 verses
  • Arabic Bayán 500 verses
  • Kitabul Asma'(also called The third Bayan and Haft Sha'n) the Largest Abrahimic Scripture composed of 25,000 pages of 60,000 revealed verses
  • Risalat al Raj'a 170 verses
  • Panj Sha'n 8360 verses
  • Dalail Sab'aa 1100 verses
  • Kitab al Haykal 160 verses
  • Qayum al Asma' 4700 verses
  • Tafsir al basmalah 157 verses
  • Tafsir al Qasida al Humyaryiah 1600 verses
  • Kitab al Ruh 7000 verses
  • Sahifah Qaimyiah
  • Sahifah Baynal Haramayn
  • Letters
  • Khutab
  • Ziyarat
  • Dua
  • Tafsir Surat al Kawthar
  • Tafsir Surat al Qadr
  • Tafsir Surat al Fatiha
  • Tafsir Surat al A'sr
  • Tafsir Surat al Baqara
  • Tafsir Surat al Tawhid
  • Nubwuah Khassah
  • Kitab al Fihrist
  • Another Kitab al Fihrist (Risalah Dahabyiah)
  • Lost Tafsir of Quran
  • Writings of Subh al Azal
  • Writings of the leaders after Subh al Azal
  • Writings of letters of livings
  • Divan of Qurrat al Ayn
  • Other writings by the letters of living
  • Hagiography
  • Nuqtat al Kaf
  • Majlis Shahadat Hazrat Qaim Khurasani (Bushru'i)

= Bahá'í Faith =

= Christianity =

== Bible ==

{{Further|Biblical canon}}

The contents of Christian Bibles differ by denomination.

== Additional and alternative scriptures ==

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

  • The Unification Church includes the Divine Principle in its holy scriptures.
  • Gnostic Christianity rejected the narrative in Pauline Christianity that the arrival of Jesus had to do with the forgiveness of sins, and instead were concerned with illusion and enlightenment. Gnostic texts include Gnostic gospels about the life of Jesus, books attributed to various apostles, apocalyptic writings, and philosophical works. Though there is some overlap with some New Testament works, the rest were eventually considered heretical by Christian orthodoxy. Gnostics generally did not include the Old Testament as canon. They believed in two gods, one of which was Yahweh (generally considered evil), the author of the Hebrew Bible and god of the Jews, separate from a Supreme God who sent Jesus.
  • Marcion's canon included only the Gospel of Marcion and a set of Pauline epistles which overlap with the canon of orthodox Pauline Christianity. His gospel was a version of the Gospel of Luke that did not contain any references to the Old Testament.
  • The Cainites apparently used the Gospel of Judas.

===Latter Day Saint movement===

{{Further|Standard works}}

== Liturgical books ==

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 ==

{{Further|Christian theology|Biblical law in Christianity}}

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 =

{{main|Druze}}

= Islam =

{{main|Islamic holy books}}

The five universally acknowledged messengers ({{transliteration|ar|rasul}}) in Islam are Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jesus and Muhammad,Concise Encyclopedia of Islam, C. Glasse, Messenger each believed to have been sent with a scripture. Muslims believe David (Dāwūd) received Psalms ({{transliteration|ar|Zabur}}){{cite book |last1=Wherry |first1=Elwood Morris |author1-link=Elwood Morris Wherry |title=A Complete Index to Sale's Text, Preliminary Discourse, and Notes |date=1896 |publisher=Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, and Co |location=London}} (cf. Q38:28); Jesus (Īsā) the Gospel ({{transliteration|ar|Injil}}); Muhammad received the Qur'an; Abraham (Ibrahim) the Scrolls of Abraham; and Moses (Mūsā) the Torah ({{transliteration|ar|Tawrat}}).A-Z of Prophets in Islam and Judaism, B.M. Wheeler, Apostle

== Sunni Islam ==

== Twelver Islam ==

{{main|Twelvers}}

  • Quran
  • Nahj al Balagha
  • Al Sahiyfa al Sajadiyya
  • Al Jafr which is a book composed of letters of 784 tables (28 sections of letters × 28 chapters of letters) about Omniscience and it has its own grammars to answer many of questions about prophecy or fiqh or medecine or anything according to Jaffars and every table is composed of 28 × 28 for letters of line and of Khana (house) each Khana of 4 letters, however some Usuli scholars rejects it and it is only used by Irfani, Shaykhis and few of Akhbaris and Usulis.
  • Hadith
  • The Four Books
  • Kitab al-Kafi 8 Volumes
  • Man La Yahduruhu al-Faqih 4 volumes
  • Tahdhib al-Ahkam 5 volumes
  • Al-Istibsar 4 volumes
  • Jawami' al Hadith
  • Bihar al-Anwar 25 large Volumes = 100 volumes, it is a general encyclopedia more than of Hadith
  • Awalim al-Ulum it is said that it was 400 volumes = 100 large volumes and it is an extended version of Bihar which once collected all of Hadith of Sunna and Shia and all of the sayings of historians, astrologers, doctors, philosophers and Clerics of Shia and Sunna of that time as explanation of Hadith but it was lost.
  • Wasa'il al Shia 24 volumes
  • Kitab al Wafi 12 volumes
  • Kitab Mustadrak al Wasa'il 12 volumes
  • Safinat al Bihar
  • Tafsir al-Burhan 10 volumes
  • Jami' Ahadith al Shia 20 volumes
  • Min Fiqh Ahlil Bayt by Syed Muhammad al Shirazi 40 volumes
  • Mawsu'at (Encyclopedias)
  • Masānīd Ahlil Bayt by Azizullah al Utaridi 70 volumes contains all of Shia Hadith
  • Mu'jam al Ahadith al Mu'tabara by Asif Muhsini 8 volumes
  • Prayer books
  • Mafateh al Jinan
  • Kamel al Ziyarat
  • Kutub al Masabih
  • Thamarat al Awād
  • Kutub al Ziyarat wal Udyiat wal Salawat
  • Hagiografies
  • Kitab Manaqib Āl Abi Talib
  • Kutub al Maqatil
  • Kutub waqa'at Siffin, Nahrawan and Jamal
  • Kutub al Gharat
  • Kitab al Khara'ij wal Jara'ih
  • Kitab Mashariq Anwar al Waqin
  • Kitab al Hidayiah al Kubra
  • Kitab Uyūn Akhbar al Rida
  • Kutub al Ghayba
  • Of Al Nu'mani
  • Of Al Saduq
  • Of Fadl ibn Shadhan
  • Of al Tūsi
  • Of Ibn Tawus
  • Kutub al Raja'a
  • Usul Arba'mi'a only few of it survived
  • Qurb al Isnad
  • Tafsir al Imam al Askari
  • Al Usul al Sitat Ashar
  • Kitab Sulaym ibn Qays
  • Asl Isa
  • Al Jafaryiat
  • Kitab al Mahasin of Ibn Khalid al Barqi Called as the Fifth Book
  • Nawadir of Sa'd al Asha'ri
  • Al Risalah al Dahabyiah
  • Sahifat al Rida
  • Mukhtasar Basa'ir al Darajat
  • Basa'ir al Darajat
  • And Others

== Alawites ==

{{main|Alawites}}

  • Quran (for Zahiris it is the main Scripture but for Batinis it is a very minor Scripture)
  • Kitab al Hidayah al Kubra (for Zahiri Alawites)
  • Kitab al Majmu (for Batini Alawites).
  • Batini Scriptures (Only for Makhusi Sheikhs it is forbidden for Murid or women or non Alawites to read or hear it)
  • Kitab al Sirat
  • Kitab al Haft
  • Kitab al Maratib wal Duraj
  • Kitab al Ruq'a (Talisman)
  • Kitab al Ta'a Fi Ma'rifat al Sa'a
  • Kitab Adab Abi Talib
  • Kitab al Alāma fi Ma'rifat Yawm al Qiyama
  • Kitab al Lahut
  • Kitab Mubtada' al Nur wal Zulmah
  • Kitab al Abwab
  • Kitab al Mahmud wal Mazmum
  • Kitab Nur al Qulub
  • Kitab al Wasāyah fi Ma'rifat al Khafāya
  • Red Jafr (Book of Prophecy and part of al Wasayah)
  • White Jafr (Magical letters talismatic book)
  • al Suluk fi Ma'rifat Awakhir al Muluk
  • al Risalah al Ristpashiyah
  • Fiqh al Risalah al Ristpashiyah
  • Kitab al Akwar wal Adwar (of Major and Minor Cycles of time and reincarnation)
  • Kitab al Surah wal Mithal
  • Kulazi Batini Scriptures (only for The Kulazi Shiekhs and it is forbidden for Murids or women or non-Alawite to read or hear it)
  • Fiqh al Dastur (exegesis of Majm'u)
  • al Risalah al Ristpashiyah
  • Fiqh al Risalah al Ristpashiyah (Exegesis of it)
  • Kitab al Asus
  • Kitab al Yunan
  • Kitab al Akwar wal Adwar
  • Kitab al Surah wal Mithal
  • Talisman of Ruqa'a
  • Rasa'il al Shaykh Ibn Yunus al Kualzi

== Ahmadiyya ==

{{main|Ahmadiyya}}

== Alevism (Qizilbash) ==

{{main|Alevism}}

The most revered Alevi scriptures are:

  • Quran
  • Khutbat al Bayan
  • Nuqtat al Bayan
  • Buyruks
  • Menakib Imam Ja'far Sadiq
  • Menakib Sheyh Safi
  • Other Buyruks
  • {{ill|Makalat|tr}}
  • Maktel Husein
  • Hazrat Ali Cenkliri (Military Career Biography of Imam Ali)
  • Haci Bektash Kumru (about Karbala')
  • Kenzul Mesayieb
  • Huseynie
  • Vilayet Nameh
  • Musebyyi Nameh
  • Fazilat Nameh
  • Akhirat Nameh
  • Javedan Nameh
  • Saqi Nameh
  • Battal Nameh
  • Abu Moslem Nameh
  • Sal Nameh (Of Sadridden)
  • Divans of 7 Saints
  • Divan Hatai
  • Divan Sultan Abdal
  • Other 5 Divans
  • Kitab Cabbrkulu
  • Mira'tul Maqasid

==Mevlevi Order==

{{main|Mevlevi Order}}

==Ismaili Islam==

{{main|Ismailism}}

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

  • Quran
  • Tanzil al Quran
  • Ta'wil al Quran
  • Ginans (For Indian Nizaris)
  • Dasa Avatara Granth
  • Nihkalanki Gita
  • Many Other Granths Composed of more than 25,000 verses
  • More than 600 Short Ginans
  • Dua
  • Daim al Islam
  • Ta'wil al Da'im
  • Rasa'il Ikhwan al Safa
  • Umm al-Kitab (Shi'i book)
  • Kanz al walad (For Taybism)
  • al Fatrat wal Qiranat (For Taybism)
  • Kirmani writings
  • Nasir Khosrow Writings
  • Sayings and deeds of each Imam
  • Books of Dua't
  • Nurun ala Nur
  • Other Books

= Judaism =

{{main|Judaism}}

== Rabbinic Judaism ==

{{Further|Rabbinic literature}}

=== Haymanot ===

{{main|Haymanot}}

=== Kabbalism ===

== Non-rabbinic Judaism ==

=== Karaite Judaism ===

{{main|Karaite Judaism}}

  • The Tanakh

=== Jewish Science ===

{{main|Jewish Science}}

  • The Tanakh
  • Jewish Science: Divine Healing in Judaism

= Rastafari movement =

{{main|Rastafari movement}}

= Samaritanism =

{{main|Samaritanism}}

= Shabakism =

{{main|Shabaks}}

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Pre-Columbian Americas

= Aztec religion =

{{main|Aztec religion}}

= Maya religion =

{{main|Maya religion}}

Ethnic religions

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= Bon (autochthonous religious tradition of Tibet) =

= Kaharingan =

{{main|Kaharingan}}

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= Kiratism =

{{main|Kirat Mundhum}}

  • The Mundhum of the Limbu ethnic group

= Old Norse religion =

{{main|Old Norse religion}}

= Sanamahism =

= Sunda Wiwitan =

{{main|Sunda Wiwitan}}

= Yorùbá =

{{main|Yoruba religion}}

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New religious movements

{{Further|New religious movements}}

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= The ACIM Movement =

= Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light =

{{main|Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light}}

  • Goal of the Wise by Abdullah Hashim
  • Sayings of Imam Ahmed al Hassan
  • Kitab al Tawhid by Ahmed al Hassan
  • Kitab al Ijl (Calf) by Ahmed al Hassan
  • Kitab al Haft by Ahmed al Hassan
  • Various scriptures of different religions and philosophies, especially gnostic and Kabbalah.

= The writings of Franklin Albert Jones {{a.k.a.}} Adi Da Love-Ananda Samraj =

  • Aletheon
  • The Companions of the True Dawn Horse
  • The Dawn Horse Testament
  • Gnosticon
  • The Heart of the Adi Dam Revelation
  • Not-Two IS Peace
  • Pneumaton
  • Transcendental Realism

= Aetherius Society =

{{main|Aetherius Society}}

  • The Nine Freedoms

= Caodaism =

{{main|Caodaism}}

  • {{lang|vi|Kinh Thiên Đạo Và Thế Đạo}} (Prayers of the Heavenly and the Earthly Way)
  • {{lang|vi|Pháp Chánh Truyền}} (The Religious Constitution of Caodaism)
  • {{lang|vi|Tân Luật}} (The Canonical Codes)
  • {{lang|vi|Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển}} (Compilation of Divine Messages){{cite web|url=http://www.daotam.info/cdinans.htm|title=Caodaism In A Nutshell|access-date=2021-10-07|archive-date=2018-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226054955/http://www.daotam.info/cdinans.htm|url-status=dead}}

= Cheondoism =

{{main|Cheondoism}}

  • The Donghak Scripture
  • The Songs of Yongdam
  • The Sermons of Master Haeweol
  • The Sermons of Revered Teacher Euiam{{Cite web|url=http://www.chondogyo.or.kr/new/chon/ce008.htm#70|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218150321/http://www.chondogyo.or.kr/new/chon/ce008.htm#70|url-status=dead|title=chondogyo.or.kr|archive-date=February 18, 2005}}

= Creativity Movement =

{{main|Creativity Movement}}

The writings of Ben Klassen:

  • Nature's Eternal Religion
  • The White Man's Bible
  • Salubrious Living

= Discordianism =

{{main|Discordianism}}

= Druidry =

{{main|Druidry (modern)}}

= Dudeism =

{{main|Dudeism}}

= Eckankar =

{{main|Eckankar}}

= Heathenry =

{{main|Heathenry (new religious movement)}}

= Konkokyo =

{{main|Konkokyo Kyoten}}

  • Konkokyo Kyoten
  • Oshirase-Goto Obobe-Chō
  • Konko Daijin Oboegaki
  • Gorikai I
  • Gorikai II
  • Gorikai III{{cite web|url=http://www.konkokyo.or.jp/eng/bri/our_faith/sacred_scripture.html|title=Sacred Scripture (Kyoten) – KONKOKYO}}

= Meher Baba =

{{main|Meher Baba}}

= Meivazhi =

{{main|Meivazhi}}

  • The four vedas of Meivazhi
  • Āti mey utaya pūrana veētāntam
  • Āntavarkal mānmiyam
  • Eman pātar atipatu tiru meyññanak koral
  • Eman pātar atipatu kotāyūtak kūr

= Oahspe Faithism =

{{main|Faithism}}

= Oomoto =

= Pastafarianism =

= Raëlism =

{{main|Raëlism}}

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

= Religious Science =

{{main|Religious Science}}

= Satanism =

= Scientology =

{{main|Scientology}}

= Seicho-no-Ie =

{{main|Seicho-no-Ie}}

= Spiritism =

= Subud =

{{main|Subud}}

= SubGenius =

{{main|Church of the SubGenius}}

= Tenrikyo =

{{main|Tenrikyo}}

= Thelema =

{{main|Thelema}}

= Unarius Academy of Science =

{{main|Unarius Academy of Science}}

  • The Pulse of Creation Series
  • The Infinite Concept of Cosmic Creation

= Urantianism =

{{main|Urantianism}}

= Wicca =

See also

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