black and white

an undeciphered writing system used in Crete in the 17th century B.C.

the principal sacred text of Sikhism contains hymns and poetry as well as the teachings of the first five gurus

a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th or 6th centuries

(Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life

(Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families

the first book of the Old Testament: tells of Creation; Adam and Eve; the Fall of Man; Cain and Abel; Noah and the flood; God's covenant with Abraham; Abraham and Isaac; Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his brothers

the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus

the third book of the Old Testament; contains Levitical law and ritual precedents

the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

the fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law

a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses

a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges

a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died

the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David

the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David

the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel

the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel

the first of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC

the second of two Old Testament books telling the history of Judah and Israel until the return from the Babylonian Captivity in 536 BC

an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity

an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity

an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre

a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of 150 Psalms

an Old Testament book consisting of proverbs from various Israeli sages (including Solomon)

an Old Testament book consisting of reflections on the vanity of human life; is traditionally attributed to Solomon but probably was written about 250 BC

an Old Testament book consisting of a collection of love poems traditionally attributed to Solomon but actually written much later

an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies

a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah

an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah

an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration

an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar

an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies

an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies

an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies

an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible

a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale

an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem

an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh

an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies

an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah

an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity

an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity

an Old Testament book containing the prophecies of Malachi

one of the Gospels in the New Testament; includes the Sermon on the Mount

the shortest of the four Gospels in the New Testament

one of the four Gospels in the New Testament; contains details of Jesus's birth and early life

the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament

a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome

the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle

the Latin edition of the Bible translated from Hebrew and Greek mainly by St. Jerome at the end of the 4th century; as revised in 1592 it was adopted as the official text for the Roman Catholic Church

an English translation of the Vulgate by Roman Catholic scholars

an English translation of the Bible published in 1611

a British revision of the Authorized Version

a modern English version of the Bible and Apocrypha

a revised version of the King James Version

a revision of the American Standard Version

the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

the whole body of the Jewish sacred writings and tradition including the oral tradition

the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings

the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures

the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures

a sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith

a prayer said 3 times a day by Roman Catholics in memory of the Annunciation

a salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to her

the prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32)

(Anglican Church) a daily evening service with prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer

the opening prayer on the eve of Yom Kippur

the Anglican service book of the Church of England; has had several revisions since the Reformation and is widely admired for the dignity and beauty of its language

a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation

the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)

an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Esther

an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel

an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel

an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of Daniel

an Apocryphal book ascribed to Baruch

an Apocryphal book consisting of a letter ascribed to Jeremiah to the Jews in exile in Babylon warning them against idolatry

an Apocryphal book that was a popular novel for several centuries

an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people

an Apocryphal book consisting of a compilation from I Chronicles and II Chronicles and Ezra and Nehemiah

an Apocryphal book of angelic revelations

an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect)

an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus

an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus

the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

the first or opening sura of the Quran which is the central prayer of Islam and is used on all special occasions as well as during the five daily prayers

the collection of ancient rabbinic writings on Jewish law and tradition (the Mishna and the Gemara) that constitute the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of commentary on the Mishna

the first part of the Talmud; a collection of early oral interpretations of the scriptures that was compiled about AD 200

one of two classical Hindu epics telling of the banishment of Rama from his kingdom and the abduction of his wife by a demon and Rama's restoration to the throne

one of four collections of sacred texts

prose works attached to the Samhitas instructing the bahmins to perform the very elaborate sacrificial rituals

a treatise resembling a Brahmana but to be read or expounded by anchorites in the quiet of the forest

Vedic texts from the fifth and fourth centuries BC dealing with phonetics and ritual injunctions and linguistics and grammar and etymology and lexicography and prosody and astronomy and astrology

(Sanskrit) an ancient medical treatise summarizing the Hindu art of healing and prolonging life; sometimes regarded as a 5th Veda

a later sacred text of Hinduism of a mystical nature dealing with metaphysical questions

one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David

the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain

(Hinduism) an ancient Sanskrit text giving rules for sensuous and sensual pleasure and love and marriage in accordance with Hindu law

a syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C.

an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire

a narrative epic poem written by Dante

a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy

a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

an epic poem written in Middle High German and based on the legends of Siegfried and Teutonic kings

(Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late 1940s

a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58

a New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth

a New Testament book containing the second epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth

a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians

a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ

a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Philippi in Macedonia

a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia

a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to the Thessalonians

a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to the Thessalonians

a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters

a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters

a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's epistle to Titus; contains advice on pastoral matters

a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping

a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him

a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle

the first New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle

the second New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle

the first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle

the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle

the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle

a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude

a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah

the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215

a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens

an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678

the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament; said to have been translated from the Hebrew by Jewish scholars at the request of Ptolemy II

the constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states

the agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state

the treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO

the first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

the second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

an operating system developed by Bill Gates for personal computers

an open-source version of the UNIX operating system

a free, widely-used Web Map Server

a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search

a widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance

a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms

the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648

a global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons

an agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime

the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans

a commercial browser

a freeware browser for Linux

a text browser

a freeware browser

a commercial browser

a commercial browser

something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation

letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

(usually plural) the collected work of an author

written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient

written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person

written material intended to be read

communication by the exchange of letters

a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

written material that has been bowdlerized

(usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action

a transcription from one alphabet to another

a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol

a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

a system of signals used to represent letters or numbers in transmitting messages

a piece of writing in code or cipher

the writings of the early Church Fathers

something that has been written again

imaginative or creative writing

creative writing of recognized artistic value

published writings in a particular style on a particular subject

written works (especially in books or magazines)

a written evaluation of a work of literature

a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)

one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line

a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations

writing in capital letters

writing done with a typewriter

text handwritten in the style of printed matter

something written by hand

writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

writing formed in the sky by smoke released from an airplane

letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

the form of a literary work submitted for publication

something written by one's own hand

a formal exposition

a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

a long piece of writing

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring

a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living

a code of laws adopted by a state or nation

set of standards established and enforced by local government for the structural safety of buildings

a set of rules specifying the correct manner of dress while on the premises of the institution (or specifying what manner of dress is prohibited)

set of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etc

a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities

set of standards established and enforced by government for health requirements as in plumbing etc

the code of rules governing the use of public roads

reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication

material printed in small type

a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.

a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing

a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech