The roles of the sacred texts within the Christian and Islamic traditions are to help guide, and teach others the stepping-stone of Christianity and Islam using their sacred texts the Bible and the Koran. The Bible is divided up into two sections, the Old and the New Testament. The bible contains 66 books and was written over a period spanning 250 years. The Koran however is written in Arabic and was written over a period of 23 years, the God is Islam is known as "Allah." The word Koran means recitation in English and Islamic people treat their sacred text with the greatest possible respect.

The bible is the most sacred book of the Christian religion. Christians consider the bible to be the Word of God and they base their most important beliefs, ceremonies, and holidays on it. The bible is also said to be known as the Holy Writ or...