Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Hidden or alternative sacred books used as authority

hidden_or_alternative_sacred_books_used_as_authority

A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Revelation and Scripture. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


islamic

  • The Koran (Al-Qur'an) SECTION I. / SECTION II. / SECTION III / SECTION IV.; lines 3905-3954 confidence: medium

    Muslims are said to privately read a book called the Psalms of David in Arabic and Persian, with prayers of Moses, Jonas, and others added.

    The passage mentions privately read Psalms, an Arabic Gospel attributed to Barnabas, and quotations from texts not found in the New Testament.

    read in the book