Sacred Texts of the World

Delve deeply into the sacred writings that have shaped the identities, beliefs, and actions of large segments of humanity-texts that still exert influence in today's world.

• By This Professor
• 01: Reading Other People's Scriptures
• 02: Hinduism and the Vedas
• 03: What Is Heard-Upanishads
• 04: What Is Remembered-Epics
• 05: Laws of Manu and Bhagavad Gita
• 06: Related Traditions-Sikh Scriptures
• 07: Judaism-People of the Book
• 08: Five Books of Torah
• 09: Prophets and Writings
• 10: Apocrypha and Dead Sea Scrolls
• 11: Oral Torah-Mishnah and Talmud
• 12: Related Traditions-Zoroastrian Scriptures
• 13: The Three Baskets of Buddhism
• 14: Vinaya and Jataka
• 15: Theravada Sutras
• 16: Mahayana Sutras
• 17: Pure Land Buddhism and Zen
• 18: Tibetan Vajrayana
• 19: Related Traditions-Jain Scriptures
• 20: Five Confucian Classics
• 21: Four Books of Neo-Confucianism
• 22: Daoism and the Daodejing
• 23: The Three Caverns of Daoist Scriptures
• 24: Related Traditions-Shinto and Tenrikyo
• 25: Christian Testaments Old and New
• 26: Gospels and Acts
• 27: Letters and Apocalypse
• 28: Apocryphal Gospels
• 29: Related Traditions-Mormon Scriptures
• 30: Islam and Scriptural Recitation
• 31: Holy Qur'an
• 32: Hadith and Sufism
• 33: Related Traditions-Baha'i Scriptures
• 34: Abandoned Scriptures-Egyptian and Mayan
• 35: Secular Scripture-U.S. Constitution
• 36: Heavenly Books, Earthly Connections