I thought it was sacred text and not for the likes of me.

But it also becomes 'scripture': a sacred text.

Some say that its 45 mysterious symbols are the words of a 4,000-year-old poem, or perhaps a sacred text.

That's most viewers who don't feel a strong attachment to the text, and some of the ones who do but totally separate films from the sacred text.

He holds a sacred text and sometimes even a rosary.