Light of the World is a phrase used to describe Jesus in the New Testament.
Light of the World or The Light of the World may also refer to:
Paintings
edit- The Light of the World (painting), an allegorical painting by William Holman Hunt
- The Light of the World (Boucher), a 1750 oil on canvas painting by François Boucher
Music
edit- The Light of the World (Sullivan), an oratorio by Arthur Sullivan
- Light of the World (band), a British jazz fusion band
- Light of the World (album), a 2008 album by Kamasi Washington
- "Light of the World" (song), a 1993 song by English artist Kim Appleby
- "Light of the World (Sing Hallelujah)", a 2020 song by We the Kingdom
Literature
edit- Nur al-ʿAlam, an astronomical work by 14th-century scholar Joseph Naḥmias of Toledo
- Light Of The World: The Pope, The Church and The Signs Of The Times by Pope Benedict XVI
- Light of the World, a 2013 novel by James Lee Burke
- "The Light of the World", a short story by Ernest Hemingway published in Winner Take Nothing (1933)
Other uses
edit- The Light of the World (film), a 2003 slide-show Christian film
- La Luz del Mundo (The Light of the World), a Christian denomination headquartered in Mexico
See also
edit- The Light of Asia, 1879 book by Edwin Arnold about The Buddha
- The Light of Asia (oratorio), 1886 oratorio by Dudley Buck based on the book
- Prem Sanyas or The Light of Asia, 1925 Indian film adapted from the book