Bible: Genesis ca. 1400–400 BCE
Exploring Traditions of Faith Through Primary Sources
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Bible: Genesis
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Abstract
The book of Genesis is one of the most significant books in the Bible and is considered sacred scripture for Jews, Samaritans, and Christians. It is the first book of the Bible and begins the section often called the Pentateuch, from the Greek for Five Books: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
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- Pyramid Texts ca. 2404–2193 BCE
- “Instructions of Ptahhotep” ca. 2200 BCE
- “Hymn to the Nile” ca. 1990–1950 BCE
- Hymn of the Righteous Sufferer ca. 1770–600 BCE
- Rig Veda ca. 1700–1200 BCE
- Egyptian Book of the Dead ca. 1569–1315 BCE
- Enuma Elish ca. 1500 BCE
- Bible: Exodus ca. 1446 BCE
- Bible: Genesis ca. 1400–400 BCE
- “Great Hymn to the Aten” ca. 1348 BCE
- Epic of Gilgamesh ca. 1300 BCE
- Noble Eightfold Path ca. 528 BCE
- Jain Sutras ca. 500–200 BCE
- Upanishads ca. 500 BCE–200 CE
- Confucius: Analects ca. 479–249 BCE
- Orphic Tablets and Hymns ca. 400 BCE–300 CE
- Dao De Jing ca. 300–200 BCE
- Book of Enoch ca. 300–100 BCE
- Cleanthes: “Hymn To Zeus” ca. 280–276 BCE
- Han Feizi ca. 230 BCE
- Bhagavad Gita ca. 200 BCE–200 CE
- Book of Rites ca. 200–100 BCE
- Laws of Manu 200 BCE–200 CE
- Pseudo-Sibylline Oracles ca. 150 BCE–700 CE
- Lotus Sutra ca. 100 BCE–200 CE
- Lucretius: On the Nature of Things ca. 59–55 BCE
- Gospel of Thomas ca. 50–180 CE
- Bible: Revelation ca. 94–96
- Ptolemy: “Letter to Flora” ca. 150 CE
- Pirke Avot ca. 200 CE
- Sefer Yetzirah ca. 200 CE
- Mani: Evangelium ca. 240–270
- Heart Sutra ca. 250–400 CE
- Popol Vuh ca. 250–925
- Nicene Creed 325
- Tirumular: “Atbudha Dance” ca. 400–700
- Dionysius the Areopagite: The Celestial Hierarchy ca. 500
- Book of the Cave of Treasures ca. 500–600
- Emerald Tablet ca. 500–700
- Qur’an ca. 610–632
- Shantideva: Bodhicaryavatara ca. 700–763
- The Voyage of Bran ca. 700–800
- Nihongi 720
- Tibetan Book of the Dead ca. 750
- Sahih al-Bukhari 870
- Usul al-kafi 921–940
- Yengishiki 927
- Vishnu Purana ca. 1045
- Mishneh Torah 1170–1180
- Book of the Bee ca. 1200–1300
- Ibn Al-'Arabi: The Meccan Illuminations 1203–1224
- Snorra Edda ca. 1220
- Francis of Assisi: “Canticle of the Creatures” 1224–1225
- Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologiae 1266–1273
- gZi-brjid ca. 1400
- Mohawk Thanksgiving Address ca. 1451
- Henricus Institoris and Jacobus Sprenger: Malleus Maleficarum 1486
- Martin Luther: Ninety-Five Theses 1517
- The Key of Solomon the King ca. 1525
- Paracelsus: Concerning the Nature of Things 1537
- Rig Veda Americanus ca. 1540–1585
- Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent 1564
- The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus 1565
- Shulchan Arukh ca. 1570
- Raag Gond 1604
- Fama Fraternitatis ca. 1610
- Westminster Confession 1646
- John Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress 1678
- Kumulipo ca. 1700
- Hakuin Ekaku: “Song of Meditation” ca. 1718
- Ba'al Shem Tov: "The Holy Epistle" 1752
- Emanuel Swedenborg: Invitation to the New Church ca. 1760–1772
- Francis Barrett: The Magus 1801
- Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1835
- Bab: Persian Bayan 1848
- Kitab al-jilwah ca. 1850
- Allan Kardec: The Spirits’ Book 1857
- Baha’u’llah: Kitab-i-aqdas 1873
- Mary Baker Eddy: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures 1875
- Pittsburgh Platform 1885
- Helena Blavatsky: The Secret Doctrine 1888
- Rufus M. Jones: “Essential Truths” 1900
- Rudolf Steiner: Theosophy 1904
- Emma Goldman: “The Philosophy of Atheism” 1916
- Robert Athlyi Rogers: Holy Piby 1924
- Humanist Manifesto 1933
- Meher Baba: Discourses 1938–1943
- Gerald Gardner: Book of Shadows ca. 1953
- Vatican II 1962–1965
- Ayatollah Khomeini: Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist 1970
- Yoruba Praise Poem to Sango ca. 1970
- Li Hongzhi: Zhuan falun 1994
- Ismar Schorsch: The Sacred Cluster 1995
- José Trigueirinho: Calling Humanity 2002