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Four testaments : Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita : sacred scriptures of Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Hinduism / [edited by] Brian Arthur Brown ; foreword by Francis X. Clooney, SJ.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sacred books.
- Religions--Relations.
- Religions.
- Relations.
- Asia--Religion.
- Asia.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 479 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Book 1 From the foundations of the earth to our common spiritual ancestors
- Introduction: East and West Meeting at the Altar of Religion / Cyril Glassé Glassé, Cyril 17
- Exordium: What We Once Knew / Karl Friedrich Geldner Geldner, Karl Friedrich 19
- Preface: Why the Z Factor Matters 25
- Chapter 1 From the Foundations of the Earth: Vedic and Semitic Prehistories Connecting East and West 29
- Chapter 2 A Priest Becomes a Prophet: Commissioned at the River 41
- Chapter 3 A Chance Meeting at the Crossroads of History: Before the Vedic-Semitic Interface in Babylon 51
- Chapter 4 The Silk Route: The Axis of the Axial Age 59
- Chapter 5 The Extant Avesta: Pieces of a Jigsaw Puzzle 65
- Chapter 6 The Fraternal Twins of World Religions: Monism for Monotheists 79
- Book 2 The taoist testament
- Introduction: Magi in China and Intellectual Ferment in Eurasia at the Middle of the First Millennium BCE / Victor H. Mair Mair, Victor H. 95
- Preface: Magic and iMagination 99
- Chapter 7 Tao Te Ching, translated / Victor H. Mair Mair, Victor H. 103
- Book 3 The Confucian testament
- Introduction: Tradition versus Innovation / Jacqueline Mates-Muchin Mates-Muchin, Jacqueline 149
- Preface: Fireworks, East and West 153
- Chapter 8 Analects, translated / James Legge Legge, James 157
- Book 4 The buddhist testament
- Introduction: The Indian Origins of Buddhism / Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli 215
- Preface: The Path of the Teachings 223
- Chapter 9 Dhammapada, translated / Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli 233
- Book 5 The hindu testament
- Introduction: Reciprocal Illumination / Arvind Sharma Sharma, Arvind 261
- Preface: With Notes from Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi 265
- Chapter 10 Bhagavad Gita, translated / Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi, Mohandas 277
- Book 6 The z factor
- Introduction: The Texts / David Bruce Bruce, David 339
- Preface: New Frontiers in Scriptural Studies 345
- Chapter 11 Israel in Exile: God as Israel's Only Redeemer 347
- Chapter 12 Jesus as a Zoroastrian Saoshyant, the Redeemer of the World 369
- Chapter 13 Chinvat Bridge: The Final Judgment: Zoroastrian Scriptures and "Previous Revelations" Corrected and Confirmed in the Quran 383
- Book 7 The "dead zee scrolls"
- Introduction: Searching for the "Dead Zee Scrolls," / Richard Freund Freund, Richard 403
- Preface: A Model for the Twenty-First Century 411
- Chapter 14 Among the Ruins: Tablets and Cylinders 415
- Chapter 15 From Aurel Stein to Mary Boyce and Beyond: Controversies in the Twentieth Century and Resolution in the Twenty-First 419.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Laozi. Dao de jing. English
- Confucius. Lun yu. English
- Bhagavadgītā. English
- Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Dhammapada. English
- Other Format:
- Online version: Four testaments.
- ISBN:
- 9781442265776
- 1442265779
- OCLC:
- 937368198
- Online:
- Cover image
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