The following is a non-exhaustive list of links to specific religious texts which may be used for further, more in-depth study.
Main texts:
Ritual texts:
Esoteric texts:
Historical texts:
Others:
The Four Books and Five Classics:
The Thirteen Classics (I Ching, Book of Documents, Classic of Poetry, Rites of Zhou, Etiquette and Ceremonial, Book of Rites, The Commentary of Zuo, The Commentary of Gongyang, The Commentary of Guliang, The Analects, Classic of Filial Piety, Erya, Mencius)
Primary religious texts (the Avesta collection):
There are some 60 secondary religious texts, none of which are considered scripture. The most important of these are:
For general use by the laity:
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.[1][2]
East Asian Mahayana:
In Purva Mimamsa:
In Vedanta (Uttar Mimamsa):
In Yoga:
In Samkhya:
In Nyaya:
In Vaisheshika:
In Vaishnavism:
In Shaktism:
In Kashmir Saivism:
In Shaiva Siddhanta:
Krishna-karnamrita:
In Lingayatism:
In Kabir Panth:
In Dadu Panth:
In Ayyavazhi:
Akilattirattu Ammanai:
Arul Nool:
Nonsectarian/Nonspecific:
Amritbani Guru Ravidass Ji, the holy book contains the following hymns: Raga – Siri (1), Gauri (5), Asa (6), Gujari (1), Sorath (7), Dhanasari (3), Jaitsari (1), Suhi (3), Bilaval (2), Gaund (2), Ramkali (1), Maru (2), Kedara (1), Bhairau (1), Basant (1), and Malhar (3). The book contains 140 shabads, 40 pade, and 231 salok.[3] There are 177 pages in all of the book.
The contents of Christian Bibles differ by denomination.
Some Christian denominations have additional or alternate holy scriptures, some with authoritativeness similar to the Old Testament and New Testament.
Liturgical books are used to guide or script worship, and many are specific to a denomination.
Catholic liturgical books:
Protestant liturgical books:
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.
The five universally acknowledged messengers (rasul) in Islam are Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jesus and Muhammad,[10] each believed to have been sent with a scripture. Muslims believe David (Dāwūd) received Psalms (Zabur)[11] (cf. Q38:28); Jesus (Īsā) the Gospel (Injil); Muhammad received the Qur'an; Abraham (Ibrahim) the Scrolls of Abraham; and Moses (Mūsā) the Torah (Tawrat).[12]
The most revered Alevi Scriptures are :
In Ismailism Quran is divided into Tanzil (Original Quran) and Ta'wil (Exgenesis) this is One Scripture (Quran) :
The writings of Ben Klassen:
The writings of Raël a.k.a. Claude Vorilhon: