Light of the World (disambiguation)

Light of the World is a phrase used by Jesus to describe himself and his disciples in the New Testament. Light of the World or The Light of the World may also refer to:

Art

• The Light of the World (Boucher), a 1750 painting by François Boucher
• The Light of the World (painting), an 1854 painting by William Holman Hunt

Literature

• Nūr al-ʿĀlam ("The Light of the World"), a 1330–50 treatise by Joseph ibn Naḥmias
• Light of the World: The Pope, The Church and the Signs of the Times, a 2010 book 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 in the 1933 short story collection Winner Take Nothing

Music

• Light of the World (band), a British jazz-funk band
• The Light of the World (Sullivan), an 1873 oratorio by Arthur Sullivan
• Light of the World (album), a 2008 album by Kamasi Washington
• "Light of the World" (song), a 1993 song by Kim Appleby
• "Light of the World (Sing Hallelujah)", a 2020 song by We the Kingdom

Other uses

• The Light of the World (film), a 2003 American film
• La Luz del Mundo ("The Light of the World"), a Mexican Christian denomination

See also

• The Light of Asia, an 1879 book by Edwin Arnold
  • The Light of Asia (oratorio), an 1886 oratorio by Dudley Buck
  • Prem Sanyas (The Light of Asia), a 1925 Indo-German film