03181oam 2200637I 450 991079240410332120230808211019.01-317-03640-91-315-61531-21-317-03639-51-282-54528-097866125452830-7546-9621-910.4324/9781315615318(CKB)2670000000018488(EBL)513947(OCoLC)630537381(SSID)ssj0000401284(PQKBManifestationID)11295431(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000401284(PQKBWorkID)10398651(PQKB)10867981(MiAaPQ)EBC513947(Au-PeEL)EBL513947(CaPaEBR)ebr10385838(CaONFJC)MIL254528(OCoLC)948604672(EXLCZ)99267000000001848820180706e20162010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe death of sacred texts ritual disposal and renovation of texts in world religions /edited by Kristina MyrvoldLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (183 p.)First published 2010 by Ashgate Pub.0-7546-6918-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Accounts of a Dying Scroll: On Jewish Handling of Sacred Texts in Need of Restoration or Disposal; 2 Relating, Revering, and Removing: Muslim Views on the Use, Power, and Disposal of Divine Words; 3 A Fitting Ceremony: Christian Concerns for Bible Disposal; 4 The Death of the Dharma: Buddhist Sutra Burials in Early Medieval Japan; 5 Rites of Burial and Immersion: Hindu Ritual Practices on Disposing of Sacred Texts in Vrindavan; 6 Is a Manuscript an Object or a Living Being?: Jain Views on the Life and Use of Sacred Texts7 Making the Scripture a Person: Reinventing Death Rituals of Guru Granth Sahib in Sikhism8 Disposing of Non-Disposable Texts: Conclusions and Prospects for Further Study; IndexThe Death of Sacred Texts draws attention to a much neglected topic in the study of sacred texts: the religious and ritual attitudes towards texts which have become old and damaged and can no longer be used for reading practices and in religious worship. This book approaches religious texts and scriptures by focusing on their physical properties and the dynamic interactions of devices and habits that lie beneath and within a given text.. In the last decades a growing body of research studies has directed attention to the multiple uses and ways people encounter written texts and how they make tSacred booksBooksReligious aspectsSacred books.BooksReligious aspects.208/.2Myrvold Kristina1531904MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792404103321The death of sacred texts3777864UNINA00507nam 2200205zu 450 991105321020332120260114161543.09783725859320(CKB)44955244000041(EXLCZ)994495524400004120260114|2025uuuu || |engur|||||||||||Biometric RecognitionMDPI20259783725859313 BOOK9911053210203321Biometric Recognition2556507UNINA