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Christianity
1,189 chapters~1400 BCE – 100 CE · Middle East / Global

Explore sacred texts from 24 traditions. Select a volume to begin reading, or dive directly into any book.
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~1400 BCE – 100 CE · Middle East / Global
~1400 BCE – 400 BCE · Middle East
610 – 632 CE · Arabian Peninsula / Global
~300 BCE – 100 CE · Ancient Near East / Ethiopia
1 Enoch (Ethiopic)
The Book of the Watchers, Parables, Astronomical Book, Dream Visions, and Epistle of Enoch
2 Enoch (Slavonic)
The Secrets of Enoch — a Slavonic apocalypse describing Enoch's ascent through the heavens
3 Enoch (Hebrew)
Sefer Hekhalot — Rabbi Ishmael's vision of Metatron and the divine chariot
~1500 BCE – 500 BCE · Indian Subcontinent
~500 BCE – 100 CE · India / East Asia / Global
Dhammapada
423 verses of the Buddha's essential teachings
Heart Sutra
The essence of Prajnaparamita — emptiness and compassion
Diamond Sutra
The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred and Eighty Lines (Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita)
Lotus Sutra
The Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Law (Saddharma Pundarika Sutra) - 28 chapters
Pali Canon Selections
Essential suttas from the Pali Canon: teachings on loving-kindness, blessings, and householder ethics
~600 BCE – 300 BCE · China
1830 CE – present · Americas / Global
Book of Mormon
Another Testament of Jesus Christ — the record of God's dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas
Doctrine and Covenants
Revelations given to Joseph Smith and subsequent prophets
Pearl of Great Price
Select writings of Joseph Smith — Book of Moses, Book of Abraham, and Articles of Faith
15th–17th century CE · Indian Subcontinent / Global
~500 BCE · East Asia
~700 CE · Japan
16th century CE · Northern Europe / Global
~1500 BCE – 600 CE · Persia / Iran
~600 BCE – present · Indian Subcontinent
19th century CE – present · Middle East / Global
~2400 BCE – 400 CE · Egypt / Nile Valley
~2100 BCE – 300 BCE · Mesopotamia / Iraq
632 CE – 875 CE · Arabian Peninsula / Global
~150 BCE – 50 BCE · Middle East / Global
~4th Century – Present · Eastern Mediterranean / Russia
~13th Century CE · Israel / Europe
~13th Century CE · Persia / Islamic World
~2nd Century CE · Egypt / Mediterranean
~2nd-3rd Century CE · Egypt / Mediterranean