Nineteenth-century engraving imagining the Library of Alexandria, with scholars among colonnades and scrolls
O. Von Corven, The Great Library of Alexandria, 19th century (public domain)

The Path of Sacred Texts

Scripture across the world, one text at a time.

6 stagesIntroductionFoundationPrimary SourcesDevelopmentAdvanced Study

This path reads one scripture from each of several great traditions, roughly in historical order, so that you meet each on its own terms before comparing them.

Who This Path Is For

Readers who want a first acquaintance with the world’s scriptures in reliable translations.

The Syllabus

1
Introduction

Egypt

Among the oldest religious texts in the archive.

2
Foundation

India

The philosophical scriptures of Vedanta.

3
Primary Sources

China

The brief, paradoxical classic of the Way.

4
Primary Sources

Arabia

The scripture of Islam and the ground of Sufi interpretation.

Quran

Anonymous

Quran

Anonymous

English · Mysticism

5
Development

The Americas

The Maya book of creation.

Companion Reading

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