Texts
Every text in the library.
With its translation, languages and scope. Complete means every chapter of the work; selections and retellings are labelled.
| Text | Tradition | Edition | Languages | Scope | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Torah | Judaism | JPS Tanakh, Gender-Sensitive Edition Jewish Publication Society | English, Hebrew | Complete | CC BY-NC 4.0; CC BY-SA 4.0 |
| The Bible | Christianity | King James Version Church of England translators, 1611 | English | Complete | Public domain (outside the United Kingdom) |
| The Qur'an | Islam | Yusuf Ali (English) Abdullah Yusuf Ali | English, Arabic | 26 of 114 surahs. The remaining surahs will be added as they are checked verse-by-verse. | Public domain in the United States; Tanzil Project terms — text reproduced unmodified with attribution |
| Bhagavad Gita | Hinduism | Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial Sir Edwin Arnold | English | Selections — about 240 of roughly 700 shlokas. Passage numbers do not correspond to traditional verse numbers. | Public domain |
| The Tipitaka (selections) | Buddhism | Plain-English retelling Divine Reader editorial retelling, after public-domain and free-distribution translations | English | Seven short readings. The Pali Canon runs to tens of volumes; this is an introduction, not the canon. | Retelling © Divine Reader; underlying translations acknowledged on the Sources page |
| Sikh Daily Prayers (Nitnem) | Sikhism | English translation English translation attributed to Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa | English | Four banis. The Guru Granth Sahib itself runs to 1,430 angs and is not reproduced here. | Rights status under review — shown with attribution; removed on request of the rights holder |
| Tao Te Ching | Taoism | James Legge (1891) James Legge | English | Complete | Public domain |
| The Kojiki (selections) | Shinto | Condensed English retelling Divine Reader editorial retelling, drawing on Basil Hall Chamberlain's 1882 translation | English | Eight condensed episodes from a much longer chronicle. | Retelling © Divine Reader; Chamberlain (1882) is public domain |