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Book: The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes

Chapter: 4. Do All Religions Have Sacred Books?

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.45027

Blurb:

Judaism has Hebrew Scriptures, Christianity the Bible, and Islam the Qur’an. Others either do not have writings or have a sacred text that was sometimes produced by an outsider. All these writings greatly differ in their contents and functions.

Chapter Contributors

  • Russell McCutcheon (russell.mccutcheon@ua.edu - rmccutch) 'University of Alabama'