Talk:Bibliolatry

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This article could benefit from the citing of sources which advance the theory that bibliolatry is either real or possible. As it stands now, the article seems to be somewhat of a straw man, as the only sources cited refute bibliolatry as a real or possible phenomenon. -- SwissCelt 11:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Comments?--Filll 22:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Substantially revised the first two paragraphs and added a couple of sources...Lamorak (talk) 01:48, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What does this section have to do with Bibliolatry In Roman Catholicism? --70.142.50.36 (talk) 23:42, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why is there no section re. the interesting relationship between Judaism and the text of the Torah? 78.133.63.189 (talk) 12:59, 30 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I do suggest terms

Bookku (talk) 11:38, 12 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Useful refs

• Suit, Natalia K.. Qur'anic Matters: Material Mediations and Religious Practice in Egypt. United Kingdom, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. available on Google books

Bookku (talk) 14:23, 1 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Editor2020:

Greetings, Thanks for your your latest update to the article Short description defining topic as Worship of a book, idolatrous homage to a book, or the deifying of a book

While defining in above way is valid one, same time whether following essence about

constitutes Bibliolatry ? :

Excessive adherence/reverence/veneration to the letter of a book or it's literal interpretation, which may lead to blind relying on written rules.

As of now I don't have a perfect ref for above given essence other than this some what related https://www.wordnik.com/words/bibliolatry

IMHO, Not necessarily in short description but may be in a definition section may be we can cover above essence 'adherence/reverence to the letter of a book or it's literal interpretation' in due course, if any refs become available.

As of now I am discussing just as a point to ponder and not expecting any specific immediate action.

Thanks and warm regards

Bookku (talk) 03:43, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I took that description from the first sentence of the Lead section of the article. We can go into more detail in the article where space is not limited by "short description".

@Editor2020: Thanks, and warm regards Bookku (talk) 03:53, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Before reading this comment, see here: Veneration of the dead

Contrast our article with it.

Reverence for texts as special objects is a vast cultural and religious phenomenon, ranging from book placement, to the writings of atheistic dictators revered as scripture; to decorating and/or parading books reverently; to divination with books; to actually worshipping a physical book, to understanding a body of text as being part of a god, to simply treating a book as sacred without treating it as a god.

The page defines these very broad practices as "idolatry" (already a vague, sometimes pejorative term) and only brings down two examples, neither of which are actual idolatry in practice:

A) a Christian term defined as, quote, "not refer[ing] to a recognized belief, but theological discussion which use the word pejoratively to label the perceived practices of opponents" - so, not any actual practice.

B) Sikh practices regarding the Guru Granth Sahib, in which the book is treated like a living human guru - not per se like a god or idol.

The article should probably be revamped entirely to describe "Book reverence" or "Book veneration" or something like that, and should include many other cultural occurrences (for example, Torah scrolls and other Jewish texts, the Quran, constitutions, dictator's books (e.g. Ruhama, Little Red Book), revered classic texts, the Heart Sutra in Nirichen Buddhist sects, etc. etc.).

Also, maybe an emphasis on how the book is physically honoured should be emphasized here. Shibolet Nehrd (talk) 09:03, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]