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Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson says the Bible is the oldest book and is referring to the Old Testament (Jewish Torah) comprised of 39 to 49 books depending on the various branches of Christianity. The books comprising the Torah are part of the larger Jewish Tanakh and were written between the 5th and the 3rd century before the assumed appearance of Jessya of Nazareth. The New Testament was written at the end of the first century. Before the oldest books of the First Testament or Tanakh, there are 10 Oldest Religious Texts in The World. 10. Kesh Temple Hymn - Written: Circa 2600 BC 9. Pyramid Texts - Written: Circa 2400–2300 BC 8. The Coffin Texts - Written: Circa 2100 BC - 7. The Epic of Gilgamesh - Written: Circa 2100 BC 6. The Rigveda - Written: Circa 1700 BC 5. The Book of the Dead - Written: Circa 1550 BC 4. The Instruction of Amenemope - Written: Circa 1300 BC 3. The Samaveda - Written: Circa 1200 BC 2. The Yajurveda - Written: Circa 1200 BC 1. The Atharvaveda - Written: Circa 1200 BC https://www.oldest.org/religion/religious-texts/