What is the oldest book you have ever read? (Page 4) cavailable2: I have read the book of Job. Just thinking of reading that ancient book fills me with a sense of nostalgia.  AretoNyx: There are older books than book on Enoch or books of bibles , but it was a book printed that helped many to learn to read. Book of Kells existed before even any book was widely available. Any how even with those stories translated and passed down there are other books too. Then before this are scrolls and tablets. Older writing on cave walls. Though if saying the stories are old verses the books themselves...this is a difference. I can tell you about stories older than the bible from Hinduism and many other stories much older from world wide. Though many would argue Christianity oldest there are many older stories from Judaism to Hebrew even. Much older than this of Sumerian stories. One can find all sorts of older stories in books. However oldest books I have in my home library verses old book in public libraries ... I suppose from the 50s and 70s themselves. AretoNyx: I will have to look some of these up some how. Library of congress online I hear has some very old ones.  DIAMONDfire: don't quite know what would classify as a book? the bibles a book but would you call it a book? my intuition says a book as we know it is written by a person and is of their own circumspection. so i have read 'the book of five rings' by Miyamoto Musashi written around 1643. Don't have a copy now though, but i recommend it.
 (Post deleted by Adam Southworth ) (Post deleted by Adam Southworth ) Adam Southworth: Perhaps The Epic of Gilgamesh. No one is sure when it was written - perhaps 2000-1000 BC. If you count religious scriptures the Hindu Vedas might be older. I remember one quote from my translation of the Gilgamesh Epic: "Gilgamesh, what you seek you will never find. For when the gods created man they let death be his lot. Eternal life they withheld. Let your every day be full of joy. Love the child who holds your hand. Let your wife delight in your embrace. For these alone are the concerns of mankind." (Edited by Adam Southworth)  rjforbes64: the Bhagavad-Gita? I Ching? Tao Te Ching? not sure which is the oldest - guess I could look that up lol  (Post deleted by staff ) (Post deleted by DIAMONDfire ) (Post deleted by staff )  Rexc128: A set of 112 year old 11th edition of encyclopedia Britannica print date 1911 i have 28 vol in pristine condition as soon as I got them ten years ago I cleaned and put in vacuum sealed bag each book has some of the finest quality rice paper maps of all over the world that unfolds into map 4xthe books size like them but need to.know the value or anyone like to.get in touch masmstrplsr128@aol.com thanks | Books Chat Room Similar Conversations |
