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The Book of Numbers is the fourth book of the Torah. [32] The book has a long and complex history, but its final form is probably due to a Priestly redaction (i.e., editing) of a Yahwistic source made some time in the early Persian period (5th century BCE). [5] The name of the book comes from the two censuses taken of the Israelites.
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms ...
Four Books and Five Classics. The Four Books and Five Classics are authoritative and important books associated with Confucianism, written before 300 BC. [ 1] They are traditionally believed to have been either written, edited or commented by Confucius or one of his disciples. Starting in the Han dynasty, they became the core of the Chinese ...
The Sacred Books of the East is a monumental 50-volume set of English translations of Asian religious texts, edited by Max Müller and published by the Oxford University Press between 1879 and 1910. It incorporates the essential sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam .
Tripiṭaka manuscript from Thailand Tripiṭaka manuscripts on Gold Plate, Burma The woodblock of Tripiṭaka Koreana in Haeinsa, Hapcheon, South Korea Tripiṭaka writing The Kuthodaw Pagoda, consisting of 729 stupas containing the world's largest book, the Tripiṭaka on marble tablets, at Mandalay, Myanmar Kangyur writing with gold
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh[ a] ( / tɑːˈnɑːx /; [ 1] Hebrew: תַּנַ״ךְ Tanaḵ ), also known in Hebrew as Miqra ( / miːˈkrɑː /; Hebrew: מִקְרָא Mīqrāʾ. . ), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim. Different branches of Judaism and Samaritanism have ...
The Zohar ( Hebrew: זֹהַר, Zōhar, lit. "Splendor" or "Radiance" [ a]) is a foundational work of Kabbalistic literature. [ 1] It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah (the five books of Moses) and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology.
The Rigveda or Rig Veda ( Sanskrit: ऋग्वेद, IAST: ṛgveda, from ऋच्, "praise" [ 2] and वेद, "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns ( sūktas ). It is one of the four sacred canonical Hindu texts ( śruti) known as the Vedas. [ 3][ 4] Only one Shakha of the many survive today, namely the ...