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Originally posted by mezzir if the person speaking was a christian, i'd say yeah, scripture, but scripture implies that you consider the book sacred

Scripture is a technical term for writings that are definitively characteristic of particular religious traditions.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scripture

Scrip·ture /ˈskrɪptʃər/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[skrip-cher] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. Often, Scriptures. Also called Holy Scripture, Holy Scriptures. the sacred writings of the Old or New Testaments or both together.
2. (often lowercase) any writing or book, esp. when of a sacred or religious nature.
3. (sometimes lowercase) a particular passage from the Bible; text.

Passage is also another word.

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Originally posted by Theresa Passage is also another word.

yeah, now that i think about it, i like passage. or text. depends on ohw its gonna fit in a sentence basically

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Originally posted by mezzir yeah, now that i think about it, i like passage. or text. depends on ohw its gonna fit in a sentence basically

I think it might be good to introduce it by saying something along the lines of:

"In the book of Genesis, chapter 11 of the bible, the passage tells a story of the Tower of Babel blahdy blahdy blah."

It really depends on how it will be worded. Story can be used in certain ways, text/passage/scripture can be used in other contexts, and myth, allegory and tale are best not used at all.

"Primitive myth" might be best.

If I said "Primitive myth" in Portuguese, people would probably be suing me the next day

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Originally posted by Theresa Passage is also another word.

True. I think "Biblical Passage" is the best possible choice

(Scriptures is a good word, also, but here in Brazil it sounds like something only a preacher would say)

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