| Description |
xvi, 479 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-463) and index. |
| 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 |
Contents -- Foreword by Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Director of the Harvard Center for Study of World Religions -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 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 by Cyril Glasse -- Exordium: What We Once Knew, by Karl Friedrich Geldner -- Preface: Why the Z Factor Matters -- Through the Mists of Time: Vedic and Semitic Prehistories Connecting East and West -- A Priest Becomes a Prophet: Commissioned at the River -- A Chance Meeting at the Crossroads of History: A Prelude to the Babylonian Interface between Proto Vedic and Proto Semitic Religions -- The Silk Route: The Axis of the Axial Age -- The Extant Avesta: A Few Pieces of the Jigsaw Puzzle -- The Fraternal Twins of World Religion: Monism for Monotheists -- Book Two The Taoist Testament -- Introduction: Magi in China and Intellectual Ferment in Eurasia at the Middle of the First MillenniumBCE by Professor Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese, Philadelphia University -- Preface: Magic and iMagination -- Tao Te Ching: translated by Victor H. Mair -- Book Three The Confucian Testament -- Introduction: Innovation vs. Tradition by Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, Senior Rabbi, Temple Sinai, Oakland -- Preface: Fireworks East and West -- The Analects: translated by James Legge -- Book Four The Buddhist Testament -- Introduction: The Indian Origins of Buddhism by Professor Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Oxford -- Preface: King Akbar's Perfect Religion -- Dhammapada: translated by S. Radhakrishnan -- Book Five The Hindu Testament. |
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Introduction: Reciprocal Illumination by Professor Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor in Comparative Religion, McGill University -- Preface: With Notes from Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi -- Bhagavad Gita: translated by Gandhi -- Book Six The Z Factor -- Introduction: Eastern Influence in Western Texts by Dr. David Bruce -- Preface: New Frontiers in Scriptural Studies -- Israel in Exile: God as Israel#x0;s Only Redeemer -- Up from the River Again, With a Promise of Paradise: Jesus as a Zoroastrian Saoshyant, the Redeemer of the World -- Chinvat Bridge #x0; The Final Judgement: Zoroastrian Scriptures and (ىآْذمُsمزم(٣Corrected in the Quran -- Book Seven The Dead Zee Scrolls -- Introduction: Digging Through Time by Professor Richard Freund -- Preface: A Model for the Twenty First Century -- Among the Ruins: Tablets and Cylinders -- From Aurel Stein to Mary Boyce and Beyond: Controversies in the Twentieth Century -- Epilogue: The Resurrection of Zoroaster: A Prophet for the Twenty First Century -- Dancing on the Edge of Tombs: More Treasure Than Anyone Imagined -- Appendix: Images of the Original Eastern Testaments -- Preface to Images: The Edict of Cyrus and the Chinese Cuneiform Bones by E.K. Eduljee. |
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Introduction: Reciprocal Illumination by Professor Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor in Comparative Religion, McGill University -- Preface: With Notes from Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi -- Bhagavad Gita: translated by Gandhi -- Book Six The Z Factor -- Introduction: Eastern Influence in Western Texts by Dr. David Bruce -- Preface: New Frontiers in Scriptural Studies -- Israel in Exile: God as Israel's Only Redeemer -- Up from the River Again, With a Promise of Paradise: Jesus as a Zoroastrian Saoshyant, the Redeemer of the World -- Chinvat Bridge -- The Final Judgement: Zoroastrian Scriptures and "Previous Revelations" Corrected in the Quran -- Book Seven The Dead Zee Scrolls -- Introduction: Digging Through Time by Professor Richard Freund -- Preface: A Model for the Twenty First Century -- Among the Ruins: Tablets and Cylinders -- From Aurel Stein to Mary Boyce and Beyond: Controversies in the Twentieth Century -- Epilogue: The Resurrection of Zoroaster: A Prophet for the Twenty First Century -- Dancing on the Edge of Tombs: More Treasure Than Anyone Imagined -- Appendix: Images of the Original Eastern Testaments -- Preface to Images: The Edict of Cyrus and the Chinese Cuneiform Bones by E.K. Eduljee. |
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Foreword by Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Director of the Harvard Center for Study of World Religions -- 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 / by Cyril Glassé -- Exordium: What We Once Knew / by Karl Friedrich Geldner -- Preface: Why the Z Factor Matters -- From the Foundations of the Earth: Vedic and Semitic Prehistories Connecting East and West -- A Priest Becomes a Prophet: Commissioned at the River -- A Chance Meeting at the Crossroads of History: Before the Vedic-Semitic Interface in Babylon -- The Silk Route: The Axis of the Axial Age -- The Extant Avesta: Pieces of a Jigsaw Puzzle -- The Fraternal Twins of World Religion: 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 / by Victor H. Mair, Professor of Chinese, Philadelphia University -- Preface: Magic and iMagination -- Tao Te Ching / translated by Victor H. Mair -- Book Three: The Confucian Testament -- Introduction: Tradition versus Innovation / by Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, Senior Rabbi, Temple Sinai, Oakland -- Preface: Fireworks East and West -- Analects / translated by James Legge -- Book Four: The Buddhist Testament -- Introduction: The Indian Origins of Buddhism / by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Oxford -- Preface: The Path of Teachings -- Dhammapada / translated by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan -- Book Five: The Hindu Testament -- Introduction: Reciprocal Illumination / by Arvind Sharma, Birks Professor in Comparative Religion, McGill University -- Preface: With Notes from Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi -- Bhagavad Gita / translated by Mohandas Gandhi -- Book Six: The Z Factor -- Introduction: The Texts / by David Bruce -- Preface: New Frontiers in Scriptural Studies -- Israel in Exile: God as Israel's Only Redeemer -- Jesus as a Zoroastrian Saoshyant, the Redeemer of the World -- Chinvat Bridge: The Final Judgement: Zoroastrian Scriptures and "Previous Revelations" Corrected and confirmed in the Quran -- Book Seven: The Dead Zee Scrolls -- Introduction: Searching for the "Dead Zee Scrolls" / by Richard Freund -- Preface: A Model for the Twenty-First Century -- Among the Ruins: Tablets and Cylinders -- 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 Come. |
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Sacred books.
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Religions -- Relations.
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Asia -- Religion.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Sacred Writings.
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RELIGION -- Confucianism.
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RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Sacred Writings.
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RELIGION -- Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY -- Taoist)
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Interfaith relations. (OCoLC)fst01353343
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Religions. (OCoLC)fst01093898
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Sacred books. (OCoLC)fst01103109
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Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240495
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Buddhismus. (DE-588)4008690-2
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Heilige Schrift. (DE-588)4159382-0
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Hinduismus. (DE-588)4024955-4
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Konfuzianismus. (DE-588)4032089-3
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Religion. (DE-588)4049396-9
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Taoismus. (DE-588)4059039-2
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Asien. (DE-588)4003217-6
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Sacred works. (OCoLC)fst01923249
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Sacred works.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Brian A., 1942- editor.
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Clooney, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1950- writer of foreword.
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Laozi.
Dao de jing. English.
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Confucius.
Lun yu. English.
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Bhagavadgītā. English.
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Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Khuddakanikāya. Dhammapada. English.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Four testaments. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2016 9781442265783 (DLC) 2016006183 |
| Standard No. |
40026257029 |
| ISBN |
9781442265776 (hardback) |
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1442265779 (hardback) |
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9781442265783 |
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9781538109083 |
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1538109085 |
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