Pyramid texts, coffin texts and the Book of the dead -- The Old Testament -- The New Testament -- Translations of the Bible -- The Talmud -- The Dead Sea Scrolls -- Mandaean texts -- Manichaica -- The Koran -- The Avesta -- Shruti and Smriti -- The Granth -- Jainist texts -- Buddhist texts. The Tripitaka ; Mahayana and Vajrayana writings ; Kanjur and Tanjur ; The San-Ts'ang -- The Tao-ts'ang -- The Confucian books (Wu-ching and Sze-shu) -- Kojiki and Nihongi.