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  2. List of religious texts - Wikipedia

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    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')

  3. Religious text - Wikipedia

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    [26] [27] While the term scripture is derived from the Latin scriptura, meaning "writing", most sacred scriptures of the world's major religions were originally a part of their oral tradition, and were "passed down through memorization from generation to generation until they were finally committed to writing", according to Encyclopaedia ...

  4. List of codices - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable codices.. For the purposes of this compilation, as in philology, a "codex" is a manuscript book published from the late Antiquity period through the Middle Ages.

  5. List of biblical names - Wikipedia

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    1 Most popular names. 2 Lists. 3 See ... During the period 330 BC – 200 AD, the most common male names in Judea or post ... an encyclopedia of the biblical world , ...

  6. List of best-selling books - Wikipedia

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    According to Guinness World Records, as of 1995, the Bible was the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1] Sales estimates for other printed religious texts include at least 800 million copies for the Qur'an and 200 million copies for the Book of Mormon. [2]

  7. Ancient literature - Wikipedia

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    Lucius Livius Andronicus (c. 280/260 BC — c. 200 BC), translator, founder of Roman drama; Gnaeus Naevius (c. 264 — 201 BC), dramatist, epic poet; Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254 — 184 BC), dramatist, composer of comedies: Poenulus, Miles Gloriosus, and other plays; Quintus Fabius Pictor (3rd century BC), historian

  8. Oldest stone tablet inscribed with Bible’s Ten Commandments ...

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    The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament sold on Wednesday for $5.04 million, more than double its high estimate.. The stone, which dates back around ...

  9. List of biblical commentaries - Wikipedia

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    This is an outline of commentaries and commentators.Discussed are the salient points of Jewish, patristic, medieval, and modern commentaries on the Bible. The article includes discussion of the Targums, Mishna, and Talmuds, which are not regarded as Bible commentaries in the modern sense of the word, but which provide the foundation for later commentary.