protoscripture

English

Etymology

proto- +‎ scripture

Noun

protoscripture (countable and uncountable, plural protoscriptures)

1. Something which is not yet scripture, but which is becoming or will become scripture
   • 1993, William A. Graham, Beyond the written word: oral aspects of scripture in the history of religion, Cambridge University Press, page 65:

     If there is anything that can be called protoscripture, it is surely the utterances of ecstatics, prophets and seers...