# So, I'm building a personal religious library... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780 "2011-12-02T02:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780/41 "2011-12-09T09:32:44Z")
For Islam, you should get the collected works of Sahih Bukhari, and Muslim. As well as the writings Imam Abu Hanifa, Shafi, Maliki, Hanbali and Jafar. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones [QUOTE=DonCathode] Oh something else about the Talmud and Q’uran. Every Islamic group I know of disapproves very strongly of translating the Q’uran. It may be difficult to find a copy in anything but old Arabic. I’ve been looking for a good translation of the Talmud for years. I’m often told that an English version simply does not exist. . [/QUOTE] I don’t know about the Talmud. But for the Quran there are hundereds of translations and hell even [Penguin books](http://www.amazon.com/Koran-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140445587)has a version. ---
**Author:** ![freehat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@freehat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freehat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780/42 "2011-12-09T10:21:21Z")
well if you have wiccan books you need the malious malificaium my latin spelling sucks so check it. might as well present both viewpoints. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780/43 "2011-12-09T22:33:15Z")
> [@freehat](#): > > well if you have wiccan books you need the malious malificaium my latin spelling sucks so check it. might as well present both viewpoints. Malleus Maleficarum (Latin for “Hammer of the Witches.”) An unpleasant little tome, with instructions on how to conduct an inquisition. I’ve got it in my personal religious library, but, to be honest, I’ve never actually read it. (As I understand it, it warns against using torture to coerce confessions, noting that such confessions would likely be uttered simply to stop the torture. This is something the real Inquisition never worried much about.) ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780/44 "2011-12-09T22:36:32Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Malleus Maleficarum (Latin for “Hammer of the Witches.”) An unpleasant little tome, with instructions on how to conduct an inquisition. I’ve got it in my personal religious library, but, to be honest, I’ve never actually read it. Keep it around. You never know when it might come in handy. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780/45 "2011-12-09T22:37:11Z")
The _I Ching_, for divination. > **[I Ching divination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching_divination)** > > I Ching divination is a form of cleromancy applied to the I Ching. The text of the I Ching consists of sixty-four hexagrams: six-line figures of yin (broken) or yang (solid) lines, and commentaries on them. There are two main methods of building up the lines of the hexagram, using either 50 yarrow stalks or three coins. Some of the lines may be designated "old" lines, in which case the lines are subsequently changed to create a second hexagram. The text relating to the hexagram(s) and old lines (... ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780/46 "2011-12-10T01:40:17Z")
What, no mention of the [_Principia Discordia_](http://principiadiscordia.com/book/1.php) ? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780/47 "2011-12-10T01:43:49Z")
Truth is, Giles, I have No Idea how to get a blue tongued iguana out of a book case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-building-a-personal-religious-library/604780.md?page=2)