Holy book

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Holy book might refer to:

In order of approximate publication dates:

• The Vedas (~1500 BCE) ^[1]
• The Upanishads Earliest 8th-7th Century BCE to the modern era^[2]
• The Torah (Compiled between 600-400BCE from scrolls dating back to 1200 BCE) ^[3]
• The Tao Te Ching (6th century BCE)^[4]
• The Bible (Compiled from books written between 1200 BCE and 150-200 CE)^[5]
• The Qur'an(Roughly 650 CE)^[6]
• Calculus textbooks (17th century)^[7]
• The Origin of Species (19th century) ^[8]
• The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th century) ^[9]
• The Principia Discordia The Wholey Booque of Discordians Everywhere (20th century)^[10]
• A holy book is one that has been eaten by bookworms.

[edit] See also

• Holy
• The Sacred and the Profane

[edit] Footnotes

1. ↑ http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/index.htm
2. ↑ http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/upan/index.htm
3. ↑ http://www.mechon-mamre.org/e/et/et0.htm
4. ↑ http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9047153/Lao-tzu
5. ↑ http://www.biblegateway.com
6. ↑ Mr. Mohammed, Esq.
7. ↑ See Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, as in "simultaneously and independently", as they say in College Bowls.
8. ↑ Charles Darwin
9. ↑ The honourable Douglas Adams
10. ↑ http://www.principiadiscordia.com/