LEADER 04793nam 2200685 450 001 9910821598703321 005 20230808193258.0 010 $a1-4422-6578-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000685599 035 $a(EBL)4519204 035 $a(OCoLC)937999386 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001673722 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16472480 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001673722 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14903724 035 $a(PQKB)11536086 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16328824 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14904154 035 $a(PQKB)24840113 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4519204 035 $a(DLC) 2016006183 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000685599 100 $a20160204h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFour testaments $eTao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita : sacred scriptures of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism /$fBrian Arthur Brown ; foreword by Francis X. Clooney, SJ 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield Publishers,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (497 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-5381-0908-5 311 $a1-4422-6577-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $acontents; foreword; illustrations; acknowledgments; abridgment and dramatic presentations; prologue. Four Fingers and a Thumb: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Gita, and Avesta; book one. FROM THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH TO OUR COMMON SPIRITUAL ANCESTORS; introduction. East and West Meeting at the Altar of Religion; exordium. What We Once Knew; preface. Why the Z Factor Matters; chapter 1. from the foundations of the earth: Vedic and Semitic Prehistories Connecting East and West; chapter 2. a priest becomes a prophet: Commissioned at the River 327 $achapter 3. a chance meeting at the crossroads of history: Before the Vedic-Semitic Interface in Babylonchapter 4. the silk route: The Axis of the Axial Age; chapter 5. the extant avesta: Pieces of a Jigsaw Puzzle; chapter 6. the fraternal twins of world religions: Monism for Monotheists; book two. THE TAOIST TESTAMENT; introduction. Magi in China and Intellectual Ferment in Eurasia at the Middle of the First Millennium BCE; preface. Magic and iMagination; chapter 7. tao te ching; book three. THE CONFUCIAN TESTAMENT; introduction. Tradition versus Innovation; preface. Fireworks, East and West 327 $achapter 8. analectsbook four. THE BUDDHIST TESTAMENT; introduction. The Indian Origins of Buddhism; preface. The Path of the Teachings; chapter 9. dhammapada; book five. THE HINDU TESTAMENT; introduction. Reciprocal Illumination; preface. With Notes from Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi; chapter 10. bhagavad gita; book six. THE Z FACTOR; introduction. The Texts; preface. New Frontiers in Scriptural Studies; chapter 11. israel in exile: God as Israel's Only Redeemer; chapter 12. jesus as a zoroastrian saoshyant, the redeemer of the world 327 $achapter 13. chinvat bridge: the final judgment. Zoroastrian Scriptures and "Previous Revelations" Corrected and Confirmed in the Quranbook seven. THE "DEAD ZEE SCROLLS"; introduction. Searching for the "Dead Zee Scrolls"; preface. A Model for the Twenty-First Century; chapter 14. among the ruins: Tablets and Cylinders; chapter 15. from aurel stein to mary boyce and beyond: Controversies in the Twentieth Century and Resolution in the Twenty-First; epilogue. The Resurrection of Zoroaster: A Prophet from the East for the Twenty-First Century 327 $aAPPENDIX. Images of the Original Eastern Testaments and Tantalizing Hints of Things to Comenotes; bibliography; index; about the author; about the contributors 330 $a"Four Testaments brings together four foundational texts from world religions--the Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada, Analects of Confucius, and Bhagavad Gita--inviting readers to experience them in full, to explore possible points of connection and divergence, and to better understand people who practice these traditions"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSacred books 606 $aReligions$xRelations 607 $aAsia$xReligion 615 0$aSacred books. 615 0$aReligions$xRelations. 676 $a208/.2 686 $aREL017000$aREL007030$aREL018000$aREL032030$aREL065000$2bisacsh 700 $aBrown$b Brian A.$f1942-$01654113 701 2$aLaozi$0191854 701 2$aConfucius$0203847 702 $aClooney$b Francis X$g(Francis Xavier),$f1950- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821598703321 996 $aFour testaments$94005743 997 $aUNINA