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countable and uncountable, plural protoscriptures
Something which is not yet scripture, but which is becoming or will become scripture quotations examples
If there is anything that can be called protoscripture, it is surely the utterances of ecstatics, prophets and seers...
1993, William A. Graham, Beyond the written word: oral aspects of scripture in the history of religion, Cambridge University Press, page 65