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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461701203321

Autore

Bowker John <1935->

Titolo

The message and the book [[electronic resource] ] : sacred texts of the world's religions / / John Bowker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-06183-9

9786613519863

0-300-18317-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

208.2

Soggetti

Sacred books

Religious literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Using This Book: Bibliography and Translations""; ""1 JUDAISM""; ""The Bible: The Origins of the Jewish People""; ""Tanakh: History and Revelation""; ""Tanakh: Canon and Translations""; ""Interpretation of Torah: Mishnah and Talmuds;  Shulhan Aruch""; ""Maimonides: Mishneh Torah""; ""Qabbalah: Zohar""; ""Liturgy and Prayer: Amida and Piyyutim""; ""2 CHRISTIANITY""; ""The New Testament: Jesus and the Canon""; ""The New Testament: The Gospels""; ""The New Testament: Epistles and Other Writings""; ""Translations: The Vulgate, The Authorised Version""

""Creeds and Confessions: The Apostlesâ€? and the Nicene Creeds from Augsburg to Peter the Great""; ""Councils: Ecumenical Councils, Vatican I, Vatican II""; ""Prayers and Hymns: The Office, The Book of Common Prayer, Hymns, John and Charles Wesley""; ""Liturgy and Eucharist: The Last Supper;  Kontakia""; ""Prayer and Monastic Orders: Basil the Great, Dionysius, The Philokalia""; ""Monasticism: Rule of Benedict""; ""Christianity of the Celts: Columbanus, Patrick, Carmina Gaedelica""; ""Acts of the Martyrs: Polycarp, Dietrich Bonhoeffer""; ""Augustine: The Confession""

""Thomas Aquinas: Summa contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica""""



Poetry: Dante and Others""; ""The Reformations: Luther, Calvin""; ""The Reformations: Trent, John of the Cross, Ignatius""; ""3 ISLAM""; ""The Quran: Muhammad the Prophet""; ""The Quran: Revelation, the People of the Book""; ""The Quran: The Mushaf""; ""Hadith: The Six Sound Collections""; ""Shariaand the Life of Muhammad: ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul Allah""; ""AlGhazali: Ihya 'Ulum udDin, Munqidh mm adDalal""; ""Sufis""; ""The Poets of Persia: Farid, Sa'di, Hafiz, Jami, Rumi""; ""4 ZOROASTRIANS ANP PARSIS""

""Zarathustra: Gathas, Yasna,Avesta""""5 INDIA""; ""The Vedas""; ""Upanishads and Agamas""; ""Sutras: Badarayana's Vedanta Sutra, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra""; ""Dharmasutras and Dharmashastras: Manusmriti""; ""The Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata""; ""Puranas: Bhagavata Purana""; ""The Song of the Lord: Bhagavadgita""; ""The Love of God: Gitagovinda""; ""The Love of God: Alvars and Nayanars""; ""Taritra: Shrividya""; ""The Gitas: Anugita, Ishvaragita and Devigita""; ""The Sants: Kabir""; ""6 SIKHS""; ""Guru Nanak: Japji and Mul Mantra""

""The Gurus: Adi Granth, Guru Granth Sahib and Dasam Granth""""7 JAINS""; ""Agamas, Suttas and Tattvartha Sutra""; ""8 BUDDHISM (for Buddhism in Korea, see Korea)""; ""The Buddha: The First and Final Addresses""; ""Sacred Texts of Buddhists: The Pali Canon and the Canons of Tibet, China and Japan""; ""Lives of the Buddha: Jatakas, Buddhacarita and Lalitavistara""; ""The Sangha: Vinaya Pitaka, Dhammapada""; ""Dharma/Dhamma: Abhidhamma, Visuddhimagga, Milindapañha""; ""Mahayana: Sutras""; ""Perfection of Wisdom: Ashtasahasrika Sutra, The Diamond-Cutter Sutra, The Heart Sutra, and Nagarjuna""

""Yogacara: Lankavatara Sutra, Asanga and Vasubandhu""