The gutenberg bible, also known as the 42line bible. If the printing defined what a book was, then the oldest book would be the gutenberg bible, printed about 1450. The oldest temple in the world and the only true religion. Is the bible the oldest religious book in the world. Now i am eager to think that the beautiful text the epic of gilgamesh 3rd millennium b. The oldest religious book in the world hasnt yet been discovered by archaeologists. There are many possible dates given to the first writings.
It was first written at bc through 500 bc and the words were given by god to its writers. The vajracchedika prajnaparamita sutra has been translated from sanskrit into english variously as the diamond sutra, the diamond cutter sutra, the vajra sutra and the vajra cutter sutra. One of the oldest known religious texts is the kesh temple. If you go through the different religious book and study this question deeply, you will find out that hinduism is the oldest religion of the world. Koran or alquran holy book of islam was written in 650 ad. Oldest living religious people in the world the 110 club.
Which is the oldest or first religious book in the world. The sheets are believed to be the oldest comprehensive. Scientists finally read the oldest biblical text ever. They consider this the word of god and the basis of the eternal religion, sanatana dharma. Which holy book is the oldest, the bible, the gita, or the quran. They were built as a resting place for egypts rulers, and the walls were lined with stories and spells designed to help the soul on its journey to the afterlife. The hindu religion follows the divinity of the four vedas which is considered the oldest scripture in the world. The pyramid texts written, the oldest religious literature in egypt. Completed in 800 ad, the book of kells is the worlds most famous and oldest book. Some people mistakenly believe the bible to be the worlds first ever sacred holy text. This sutra a sanskrit word that means a religious teaching or sermon, in particular that of the buddha is commonly regarded as one of the most revered texts of mahayana.
The oldest religious secret never told, available in print or as an ebook from. Here are some of the oldest surviving books in the world. Its true that the rigveda is probably the oldest religious text still used in worship, but it is not the worlds oldest book which is still in use. Muslims, the people of the book, and idol worshipers christian categorizations. A correct description of the book would be that it contains the oldest surviving complete manuscript of the new testament, together with sections of the old testament and books of the apocrypha. A page from the garima gospels the worlds oldest christian book found in a remote monastery in ethiopia. The 2,000yearold scroll has been in the hands of archaeologists for decades.
One of the oldest known religious texts is the kesh temple hymn of ancient sumer, a set of inscribed clay tablets which scholars typically date around 2600 bce. Those were among some of the earliest books ever written, and what they. The oldest book in the bible is, unsurprisingly, found in the old testament. And, at a prehistoric village just 20 miles away, geneticists found evidence of the worlds oldest domesticated strains of wheat.
There are no dates and facts, but its history is dates back more than 50,000 years. The bhagavad gita was written at some point between 400 bc and 200. Scientists have finally been able to read the oldest biblical text ever found. Zoroastrian texts depict one of the worlds oldest monotheistic religions. Three centuries of medicine and mayhem at americas most storied the. Of all the ancient writings, most scholars agree that the old testament of the bible is the oldest of religious books. Some people mistakenly believe the bible to be the worlds first ever sacred holy text that survived to this day.
An account of the religion, wisdom, philosophy, ethics, psychology, manners, proverbs, sayings, refinement, etc. It is believed by followers of this religion that the universe goes through many phases of preservation, creation, and dissolution. You can buy a penguin paperback edition of the epic of gilgamesh at any good book store containing portions of gilgamesh literature dating to the late third millennium bce. Experts believe it is also the earliest example of book binding still attached. Each of the major faithschristianity, judaism, hinduism, buddhism, jainism, sikhism, and islamis examined in detail through its. The first and foremost of these is a belief in the vedas four texts compiled between the 15th and 5th centuries bce on the indian subcontinent, and the faiths oldest scriptures which make hinduism without doubt the oldest religion in existence. It is the most elaborate manuscript of its kind to survive from the early middle ages. Its a little hilarious to see the answers here about this question almost every person is trying to prove their scriptures are the best just like any other religious question. In indian culture, different religious philosophies were traditionally respected as academic differences in pursuit of the same truth. The only true religion is the religion of first hand experience. Stop the press, the oldest book in the world is an object that consists of six bound sheets of 24carat gold written in a lost etruscan language around 600 bc check out the bbc news item here.
The religious experience of humans predates written history. The oldest known is the bible, or an undiscovered jewish book before that if the tablets that the ten commandments are on are considered books, then those. The rig veda of ancient hinduism is estimated to have been composed between 17001100 bce, which not only denotes it as one of the oldest known religious texts, but also one of the oldest written religious text which is still actively used in religious practice to this day. In spite of continuous opposition through the centuries to destroy it under different civilizations by religious extremists and secular governments, the bible has emerged triumphantly. Ethiopian bible is oldest and most complete on earth. The instruction of ptahhotep and the instruction of bellevue. The book is irelands most lavish and glorious of irelands illuminated manuscripts. The incredible relic has been kept ever since in the garima monastery near adwa in the north of the country, which is in the tigray region at 7,000 feet. In world cultures, there have traditionally been many different groupings of religious belief. Gooks of all categories were printed only after the printing machine was invented by gutenberg or somebody some thousand years or back.
The precision with which one can date the creation of this book is purely down to the fact that it gives us its publication datethe only such case on this list it is, according to the british library, where it now resides, the earliest example of a dated, printed book in the world. The pyramid texts are known as one of the oldest religious texts in the world. Swami vivekanandas first speech at the parliament of world religions, chicago, brought the ancient philosophies of vedanta and yoga to the western world. Chinese cultures were printing pages of booklike structures using carved wood plates and simple presses hundreds of years before gutenberg. Of the three religious texts of the three great world religions, the holy bible is the oldest. The egyptian pyramid texts are the oldest known religious texts in the world. The pyramids of egypt are amazing structures built by the greatest craftsmen of their era not slaves and definitely not aliens. This is a list of the oldest religious people in the world. In islam, the quran mentions three different categories. A page from the garima gospels the worlds oldest christian book found in a remote monastery in ethiopia the incredible relic has been kept ever since in the garima monastery near adwa in the north of the country, which is in the tigray region at 7,000 feet. The celtic psalter is described as scotlands book of kells. Discovered in spain in the 1860s, the madrid codex also known as.
World religions looks at the beliefs and practices of many different religions, from the ancient egyptians through to zoroastrianismthe oldest living religionand the great faiths practiced today. The rigveda alone is a rich collection of 1,028 hymns and 10,600 verses, that are. The bhagavad gita was written at some point between 400 bc and 200 ad. List of world religions and founders, religious books. List of world religions and founders, religious books, place of worship posted by admin on 12 comments the article below explains the list of world religions, details of origin, details about their godmessiahprophet and other interesting facts associated with different religions. Which holy book is the oldest, the bible, the gita, or the. The epic of gilgamesh from sumer, although only considered by some scholars as a religious text, has origins as early as 2150 bce, and stands as one of the earliest literary works that includes various mythological figures and themes. During the 5th or 6th dynasties of the old kingdom in ancient egypt, the text was. Scientists finally read the oldest biblical text ever found the. A buddhist holy text, the diamond sutra is considered to be the oldest surviving dated printed book in the world. Written thousands of years ago, the judeochristian bible is a best sellerif not the best seller. Most christians would likely predict that genesis was the oldest book in the bible given that it details the creation. Together, these make up some of the oldest recorded religious teachings on earth, dating as far back as 1700 bce.
This is the section of the book that will now be on display at the british museum. A chinese version of a key text in the mahayana buddhist tradition, this diamond sutrafound among. Then, in the 2nd millennium bce, an iranian holy man named. I was inclined to believe that the rig veda was the oldest. The book is an exquisite copy of the first four gospels in latin. Its exact author is unknown but some believe it to be a man named vyasa who may or may not have existed. Two of their oldest known literary works are the kesh temple hymn and the instructions of shuruppak, both of which exist in written versions dating to around 2500 b.