11SOR FA1 Identifying Sacred Texts

The Vedas are a collection of four sacred Shruti texts that were transmitted orally before being written down.

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Unlike the Tanakh which was written in Hebrew, the Old Testament was largely written in Greek.

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Contains information about the life of prophet Jesus, who is known as Isa.

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A strong oral tradition before being written

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The last subsection of each Veda which is presented as a dialogue between teachers and students is the Upanishads.

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Tipitaka

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The name of the sacred scripture means recitation.

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Catholic and Protestant Bibles both include 27 books in the New Testament. Protestant Bibles have only 39 books in the Old Testament, however, while Catholic Bibles have 46. The seven books included in Catholic Bibles are Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach, and Baruch.

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Structured in four parts: The Pentateuch, History, Poetry and Prophets.

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The most sacred source of authority with divine authorship. It was revealed to the Prophet by the Angel Gabriel in the beginning of the 7th Century CE.

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