noun. Excessive adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible.

noun. Extreme devotion to or concern with books.

noun. Worship or homage paid to books.

noun. Specifically, excessive reverence for the letter of the Bible.

noun. Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures.

noun. fundamentalism, the belief in the literal truth of the Bible

noun. excessive reverence of the Bible, Qur'an, or other book

noun. worship of the Bible or other book

noun. the worship of the Bible

"(In fact, some modernist critics would say that Evangelicals and other biblical literalists engage in "bibliolatry" or text worship.)"

bibliolater  bibliolatrist  bibliolatrous  

cultism  devotion  idolatry  veneration  

Sabbatarianism  bibliomania  bigotry  bluestockingism  book learning