Seven Bibles (The) or Sacred Books

(1) The Bible of Christians. (Canon completed A.D. 494; Old Testament as we have it, B.C. 130.)

(2) The Eddas of the Scandinavians.

(3) The Five Kings of the Chinese. “King” here means web-of-cloth on which they were originally written.

(4) The Koran of the Mohammedans. (Seventh century, A.D.)

(5) The Tri Pitikes of the Buddhists. (Sixth century B.C.)

(6) The Three Vedas of the Hindûs. (Twelfth century B.C.)

(7) Zendavesta of the Persians. (Twelfth century B.C.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.