Four testaments : Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita : sacred scriptures of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism / / Brian Arthur Brown ; foreword by Francis X. Clooney, SJ

• Autore: Brown Brian A. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Disciplina: 208/.2
• Soggetto topico: Sacred books; Religions - Relations
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Religion
• Classificazione: REL017000REL007030REL018000REL032030REL065000
• Altri autori: Laozi Confucius
• Persona (resp. second.): ClooneyFrancis X <1950-> (Francis Xavier)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: contents; 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 ; chapter 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 ; chapter 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 ; chapter 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 ; APPENDIX. Images of the Original Eastern Testaments and Tantalizing Hints of Things to Comenotes; bibliography; index; about the author; about the contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: "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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Four testaments
• ISBN: 1-4422-6578-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798476603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II