World Scripture Match Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tao Te Ching

The Tao Te Ching is a sacred text of Taoism traditionally attributed to Laozi. Written in classical Chinese, the work is thought to date to the 4th century BCE.

Answer: Bhagavad Gita

This quote is drawn from the Bhagavad Gita, which is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Written in classical Sanskrit, the Bhagavad Gita is traditionally attributed to Vyasa and is thought to date to the 2nd century BC. Krishna, like Jesus Christ in the Gospels, frequently used the expression "I am" to describe himself to his charioteer Arjuna. "I am the sacred word and the sound heard in air," Krishna also says in the Bhagavad Gita. "I am the sweet fragrance in the earth and the radiance of fire; I am the life in every creature..."

Answer: Proverbs

This quote can be found in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) in Proverbs 15:1. Traditionally attributed to King Solomon and his followers, the Book of Proverbs belongs to the genre of wisdom literature and is thought to have been compiled between 970 and 697 BC.

Answer: Gospel of John

Jesus speaks these words in John 14:16, which is one of four Gospels contained in the New Testament. The Gospel of John was written anonymously and is traditionally attributed to Jesus's disciple John. Scholars date the Gospel to as early as 90 CE. The oldest surviving fragment of the Gospel dates to 150 CE.

Answer: Talmud

The Talmud is the central text of Rabbinical Judaism, after the Hebrew Bible. It contains the Mishnah, a commentary on the Oral Torah, and the Gemara, a commentary on the Mishnah. The text was compiled between the 3rd and 6th centuries CE.

Answer: Quran

This quote is drawn from Surah 18:23-24. The Quran, the sacred scripture of Islam, contains 114 chapters and is attributed to Mohammad. It is thought to have been written between 610 and 632 CE.

Answer: Tibetan Book of the Dead

Bardo Thodol, commonly known as the Tibetan Book of the Dead, is part of a Tibetan Buddhist body of teaching titled "Profound Dharma of Self-Liberation through the Intention of the Peaceful and Wrathful Ones." The text provides a guide through the interval between death and rebirth. Traditionally, the book is attributed to Padmasambhava in the 8th century and his student scribe, Yeshe Tsogyal.

The book was, according to legend, buried in central Tibet and later unearthed in the 14th century.

Answer: Book of Mormon

This quote comes from Jacob in the Book of Mormon: "Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord. Wherefore, thus saith the Lord, I have led this people forth out of the land of Jerusalem, by the power of mine arm, that I might raise up unto me a righteous branch from the fruit of the loins of Joseph. Wherefore, I the Lord God will not suffer that this people shall do like unto them of old. Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none; For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts." - Jacob 2:24-28

The Book of Mormon is a sacred scripture of the Latter Day Saints. It was written in English and published by Joesph Smith in 1830. Smith reported that the book was originally inscribed on golden tablets, which were revealed to him by the angel Moroni when he was 17 years old.

Answer: Book of Leviticus

This quote is drawn from Leviticus 19:18 from the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament). Jesus refers to this verse in the Gospel of Matthew, saying, Jesus "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." - Matthew 22:36-37.

Leviticus is the third book of the Torah and takes its name from the tribe of Levi, though the Hebrew title is drawn from the opening words of the book, "And He called." It contains laws and codes on holiness, sacrifices, and the priesthood. Authorship and dating of the book is a subject of controversy. It is traditionally attributed to Moses, though many scholars think it took its final shape between 538 to 332 BC.

Answer: Kitáb-i-Aqdas

The Kitáb-i-Aqdas (or "The Most Holy Book") is the central scripture of the Bahá'í faith. The book was written in 1837 by the religion's founder, Baháʼu'lláh. This line is reminiscent of a verse in Jewish scripture: "For you are dust, And to dust you shall return" - Genesis 3:19.