title: Light of the World (disambiguation)
text: # Light of the World (disambiguation)
  
  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
  
  * 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
  
  * 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
  
  * 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
  
  * 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
  