Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings Books
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research. Buddha-Dharma: The Way to Enlightenment
Book SynopsisThis is a massive anthology of sections from the Buddhist sutras and commentaries. The text follows the life of the Shakyamuni Buddha and records some of the teachings and discourses that he delivered throughout his nearly forty-five years of enlightening the world.
£21.21
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research. Shingon Texts
Book SynopsisThis volume includes five texts by Kukai (""On the Differences between the Exoteric and Esoteric Teachings""; ""The Meaning of Becoming a Buddha in This Very Body""; ""The Meanings of Sound, Sign, and Reality""; ""The Meanings of the Word Hum""; and, ""The Precious Key to the Secret Treasury""), and two by Kakuban (""The Illuminating Secret Commentary on the Five Cakras and the Nine Syllables""; and ""The Mitsugonin Confession"").
£38.21
Numata Center for Buddhist Translation & Research. The Sutra of Queen Srimala of the Lion's Roar
Book SynopsisThe Sutra of Queen Srimala is an important early Mahayana text. The ""Vimalakirti Sutra"" is a well-known sutra that deals extensively with the doctrines of nonduality and emptiness. This work presents two titles in one volume.
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Muslim Academic Trust Selections from Fath Al-Bari
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St James Publishing A Mahabharata Companion
Book SynopsisIt is attempting to explain the relationship of the individual to society and the world (the nature of the 'Self') and the workings of karma.
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Enitharmon Press Daodejing
Book Synopsis"so both thrive both discovering bliss-real power is female it rises from beneath" These 81 brief poems from the 5th century BCE make up a foundational text in world culture. In elegant, simple yet elusive language, the Daodejing develops its vision of humankind's place in the world in personal, moral, social, political and cosmic terms. Martyn Crucefix's superb new versions in English reflect - for the very first time - the radical fluidity of the original Chinese texts as well as placing the mysterious 'dark' feminine power at their heart. Laozi, the putative author, is said to have despaired of the world's venality and corruption, but he was persuaded to leave the Daodejing poems as a parting gift, as inspiration and as a moral and political handbook. Crucefix's versions reveal an astonishing empathy with what the poems have to say about good and evil, war and peace, government, language, poetry and the pedagogic process. When the true teacher emerges, no matter how detached, unimpressive, even muddled she may appear, Laozi assures us "there are treasures beneath".
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John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd Trees, Fruits & Flowers of the Bible: A Guide for
Book SynopsisTrees, Fruits and Flowers of the Bible is an engaging and informative study of all the most important trees, fruits and flowers mentioned in the Bible, identifying the specific species and explaining the message or symbolism behind the texts. The Prologue sets the scene by giving a simple description of the topography and climate of Israel, so that readers - wherever they are - may get a sense of what the place is like. The following sections of the book cover the flora in detail. A wide range of fruits, herbs, nuts, flowers and trees is covered from those of major symbolical significance such as the apple and the olive tree as well as those less prominent like the saffron crocus but which none the less give a fascinating picture of everyday life in the Holy Land.
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Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd Song of Songs in Sense Sound and Space
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Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd The Woman of Courage
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Crony Trading Ltd The Book of the Branch
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Worldwide United Publishing The True History of Religion: How Religion
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Biblion Publishing Poems In The Verse Of Life
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Start2finish Books Ecclesiastes from Start2Finish
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Digital Ink Productions Septuagint Job
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Digital Ink Productions Septuagint Psalms and the Prayer of Manasseh
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Under the Sun: Life and Reality in the Book of
Book SynopsisThis book presents the Book of Ecclesiastes as a single coherent work, whose ideas are consistent and collectively form a comprehensive worldview. Moreover, in contrast to the prevailing view in the research literature – it presents the Book of Ecclesiastes as a work with an essentially positive outlook: Kohelet’s fault-finding is aimed not at the world itself, or how it functions, but at the people who persist in missing out on the present, on what it has to offer, and of the ability to enjoy all that exists and is available. Contrasting with these are Koheleth’s positive perscriptions to make the most of the present. To my mind, his remonstrations are meant to «clear the way» for his positive recommendations – to clear the path, as it were, of the obstacles to accepting reality. These two aspects, the negative and the positive, come together in this investigation into Koheleth’s belief, which is founded on an acceptance of all that God has created.Table of Contents The Flight from reality – The positive aspect Koheleth and his beliefs – The opening verses and coda
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Bohlau Verlag The Vienna Genesis: Material analysis and
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Theologischer Verlag Vom Frohlichen Hans Und Dem Heiligen Franz: Die
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Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Bestimmte Freiheit: Festschrift Fur Christof
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Evangelische Verlagsanstalt Die Lukanischen Paulusreden: Ein Sprachlicher Und
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Harrassowitz Writing and Rewriting History in Ancient Israel
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Verlag Herder Die Vierzig Gleichnisse Jesu
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Verlag Herder Islamische Theologie in Deutschland: Ein Modell
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Brill Schoningh Orígenes Y Los Alimentos Espirituales: El USO
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Peter Lang AG The Earth and the Land: Studies about the Value
Book SynopsisIn the Bible, the land of Israel is more than a piece of ground. It is a theological symbol, because it was an essential part of Israel's practice of its relationship with God. The land is connected to a lifestyle and to the carrying out of religious acts, like the sacrifices and the celebrations. Aspects of this are the use of the land and the enactment of ecological and humanitarian obligations. In this volume, we concentrate on the religious viewpoints, especially how the promised land can be seen from the Old and New Testament perspective. Before practical conclusions are drawn, it is important to have a good overview of the subject in the entire Bible. The chosen approach is historic-canonical and implies that we use the order of Bible books from the Hebrew canon. Two additional chapters show the Jewish and Islamic viewpoints.This book has received the Franz Delitzsch Award 2018.
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Peter Lang AG Scripture and History in the Middle Ages /
Book SynopsisThe studies focus on the question What is history in late antique and medieval biblical commentaries? The question concerns the term historia: to what uses is it put by the exegetes, and what do they mean by historical sense? It also concerns the representations of history in a modern sense, observable in the interpretation of the Bible. Answers are searched for in the vocabulary used by the authors, and by comparing different expositions. It follows that history as a text tends to give way, progressively, to history as the succession of real events.Die Untersuchungen gehen der Frage nach: Was ist Geschichte in spätantiken und mittelalterlichen Bibelkommentaren? Die Frage betrifft das Vokabel historia: wie verwenden es die Exegeten, und was verstehen sie unter historischem Sinn? Sie betrifft aber auch die in der Auslegung der Bibel sichtbaren Vorstellungen von Geschichte im modernen Sinn. Antworten werden gesucht im Wortgebrauch der Autoren und im Vergleich wechselnder Auslegungen; es zeigt sich ein allmähliches Zurücktreten von Geschichte als Text zugunsten von Geschichte als reale Ereignisfolge.
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Peter Lang AG Die Heiligen und das Heilige: Sprachliche,
Book SynopsisWie stehen die Heiligen und das Heilige zueinander? Die Erfahrung des Heiligen, wie sie sich in heiligen Personen verkörpert, ist eine Grunderfahrung des Menschen. Heilige prägen Zeiten und Orte des Lebens sie erscheinen uns vertraut und bleiben oft zugleich fremd. Wie die Bedeutung von heilig verdeutlicht, hängt der Sinn dieses Wortes mit Ewigkeit, Unantastbarkeit sowie Erhabenheit zusammen. Der Aura des Heiligen entsprechen Scheu, Ehrfurcht und Dankbarkeit. Das Heilige ist ohne Zweifel eine zentrale religiöse Kategorie: Nahezu alles kann zu etwas Heiligem werden; in fast allem kann sich Heiliges manifestieren. Darum erscheint eine breit angelegte Diskussion zur Frage Die Heiligen und das Heilige, die über zentrale Aspekte dieses Phänomens nachdenkt, geboten.
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Peter Lang AG Mensch, Analogie und Trinitaet: Eine Untersuchung
Book SynopsisDer Mensch ist in seiner Ganzheit eine Analogie der Trinität. Diese Hauptthese der Studie ist das Ergebnis der Auseinandersetzung mit der Trinitätslehre von Augustinus, Richard von St. Viktor und Gisbert Greshake. Das Ziel der Untersuchung ist nicht nur eine Rekonstruktion und Darstellung des Menschenverständnisses, des analogen Denkens und der Trinitätslehre dieser Theologen, sondern sie soll auch die These des Autors argumentativ bestätigen, dass der Mensch in seiner Ganzheit eine Analogie für die göttliche Trinität ist.
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Peter Lang AG Psalm Salomo 14: Text, Tradition und Komposition
Book SynopsisDie Psalmen Salomos (PsSal) zählen zu den wichtigsten Zeugen jüdischer Literatur und Theologie des ersten Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Die Studie zeichnet die Forschungsgeschichte dieser nicht kanonisch gewordenen Sammlung nach und skizziert deren Gesamtkomposition. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht eine traditions- und kompositionsgeschichtliche Analyse der Lehrdichtung PsSal 14. In weisheitlicher Manier kontrastiert PsSal 14 Lebenswandel und Schicksal von Frommen und Sündern und nimmt dabei Ps 1 im Licht weiterer biblischer Traditionen und Motive interpretierend auf. PsSal 14 erweist sich als ein frühes Beispiel der literarischen Rezeption von Ps 1, das ebenso traditionsgebunden wie innovativ ist und ein klares theologisches Programm besitzt.
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Pratum Patristicum
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Zurcher Bibel Zurcher Bibel: Mit Einleitungen, Glossar Und
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Motilal Banarsidass, Pahlavi Texts
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Motilal Banarsidass, Sarada-tilaka Tantram
Book SynopsisThe book Sarada-Tilaka by Laksmana Desikendra is a significant text on Tantric subjects, divided into 25 chapters. It explores the origin of creation in Chapter 1 and delves into Prakrti-Vikrti in the subsequent chapters, concluding with a chapter beyond Prakrti and Vikrti. Primarily focused on Tantric worship of gods and goddesses.
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Motilal Banarsidass, Kanvasatapathabrahmanam: v.3
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Islamic Book Service The Holy Quran: Romanized Arabic Script
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£18.27
Pilgrims Publishing The Ramayan of Tulsidas
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£10.80
Bharatiya Kala Prakashan Buddhist Birth Stories
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Pontificio Istituto Biblico Creation and Teaching of the Quran
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Brill The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English (Second Edition)
Book SynopsisThis text contains a translation of the non-biblical Dead Sea Scrolls and contains commentaries on these texts.
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Brill Reading the Human Body: Physiognomics and Astrology in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Hellenistic-Early Roman Period Judaism
Book SynopsisThis study deals with physiognomic and astrological texts from the Dead Sea Scrolls that represent one of the earliest examples of ancient Jewish science. For the first time the Hebrew physiognomic-astrological list 4Q186 (4QZodiacal Physiognomy) and the Aramaic physiognomic list 4Q561 (4QPhysiognomy ar) are comprehensively studied in relation to both physiognomic and astrological writings from Babylonian and Greco-Roman traditions. New reconstructions and interpretations of these learned lists are offered that result in a fresh view of their sense, function, and status within both the Qumran community and Second Temple Judaism at large, showing that Jewish culture in Palestine participated in the cultural exchange of learned knowledge between Babylonian and Greco-Roman cultures.
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Brill The Late Medieval Hebrew Book in the Western Mediterranean: Hebrew Manuscripts and Incunabula in Context
Book SynopsisThis collection takes the Hebrew book as a focal point for exploring the production, circulation, transmission, and consumption of Hebrew texts in the cultural context of the late medieval western Mediterranean. The authors elaborate in particular on questions concerning private vs. public book production and collection; the religious and cultural components of manuscript patronage; collaboration between Christian and Jewish scribes, artists, and printers; and the impact of printing on Iberian Jewish communities. Unlike other approaches that take context into consideration merely to explain certain variations in the history of the Hebrew book from antiquity to the present, the premise of these essays is that context constitutes the basis for understanding practices and processes in late medieval Jewish book culture.Table of ContentsA Note on Transliteration and the Use of Foreign Languages Acknowledgements Introduction, Javier del Barco Section 1. Producing and Circulating Manuscripts Commissioned and Owner-Produced Manuscripts in the Sephardi Zone and Italy in the Thirteenth–Fifteenth Centuries, Malachi Beit-Arié Immigrant Scribes’ Handwriting in Northern Italy from the Late Thirteenth to the Mid-Sixteenth Century: Sephardi and Ashkenazi Attitudes toward the Italian Script, Edna Engel Studia of Philosophy as Scribal Centers in Fifteenth-Century Iberia, Colette Sirat Jewish Book Owners and Their Libraries in the Iberian Peninsula, Fourteenth–Fifteenth Centuries, Joseph R. Hacker Section 2. Conceptualizing the Hebrew Book Inscribing Piety in Late-Thirteenth-Century Perpignan, Eva Frojmovic The Scholarly Interests of a Scribe and Mapmaker in Fourteenth-Century Majorca: Elisha ben Abraham Benvenisti Cresques’s Bookcase, Katrin Kogman-Appel Le‘azim in David Kimhi’s Sefer ha-shorashim: Scribes and Printers through Space and Time, Judith Kogel Section 3. Crossing Linguistic and Religious Boundaries Fifteenth-Century Castilian Translations from Hebrew Literature, Sonia Fellous The Artist of the Barcelona Haggadah, Evelyn Cohen Quotations, Translations, and Uses of Jewish Texts in Ramon Martí’s Pugio fidei, Philippe Bobichon Section 4. Printing in Hebrew on the Eve of the Iberian Expulsion Unknown Sephardi Incunabula, Shimon M. Iakerson What Do We Know about Hebrew Printing in Guadalajara, Híjar, and Zamora?, Adri K. Offenberg Techne and Culture: Printers and Readers in Fifteenth-Century Hispano-Jewish Communities, Eleazar Gutwirth
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Brill Hebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings
Book SynopsisHebrew Texts in Jewish, Christian and Muslim Surroundings offers a new perspective on Judaism, Christianity and Islam as religions of the book. Their problematic relation seems to indicate that there is more that divides than unites these religions. The present volume will show that there is an intricate web of relations between the texts of these three religious traditions. On many levels readings and interpretations intermingle and influence each other. Studying the multifaceted history of the way Hebrew texts were read and interpreted in so many different contexts may contribute to a better understanding of the complicated relation between Jews, Christians and Muslims. These studies are dedicated to Dineke Houtman honouring her work as professor of Jewish-Christian relations.
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Brill Masters of Psalmody (bimo): Scriptural Shamanism in Southwestern China
Book SynopsisIn Masters of Psalmody (bimo) Aurélie Névot analyses the religious, political and theoretical issues of a scriptural shamanism observed in southwestern China among the Yi-Sani. Her focus is on blood sacrifices and chants based on a secret and labile writing handled only by ritualists called bimo. Through ethnographic data, the author presents the still little known bimo metaphysics and unravels the complexity of the local text-based ritual system in which the continuity of each bimo lineage relies on the transmission of manuscripts whose writing relates to lineage blood. While illuminating the usages of this shamanistic tradition that is characterized by scriptural variability between patrilineages, Aurélie Névot highlights the radical changes it is undergoing by becoming a Chinese state tradition.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgements Illustrations and Tables Notes to the Reader Introduction 1 Countercurrent Writing: Myths and Blood Lineages in Question Introduction: Yi-centrism versus Han-centrism 1 A Direction of Writing Contrary to Chinese Writing 2 Writing as a Mirrored Avatar and/or as an Expression of a Distinction of Identity? 3 “The Language of the Eyes” 4 Apparent Anarchy, Lineage Lability Conclusion: a Lineage Shamanistic Tradition 2 The Textual Chants of Bimo: Voicing the Written Space Introduction: Graphical Melodies 1 To Meow, to Screech like a Falcon, to Quack like a Wild Duck, to Utter the Chant of the Snake/Dead 2 To Write Then to Psalmodize: Becoming Bimo 3 Invisible Characters, Voice in Completion, Subtle Speech 4 Writing as a Psalmodic Chimera 5 The Written Reflexivity of Bimo Speech Conclusion: the Acoustic Life of Bimo Writing 3 The Physicality of Bimo Books: the Manuscript as a Psalmodic Mask Introduction: Manuscript as a Persona 1 The Space of the Book 2 A Canvas of Writing-Blood 3 Mountain-book, Hillside-pages 4 Facing “Two Cheeks” Conclusion: the Feminine of Writing 4 The Bimo’s Bookish Journey: to Walk through Chanted Lines of Writing Introduction: Bimo Transhumances and Shamanistic Spatialities 1 To Ride, to Walk on Four Hands, to Whirl, to Flow 2 Parallelisms 3 A Concatenation of Textual Chant Conclusion: the Writing, Visible, as Access to the Vocalized Invisible Space 5 Bimo Ritual, nyi: Sacrificial Transsubstantiality Introduction: Blood Sacrifices 1 Setting Up the Ritual Framework 2 “To Build the Center” 3 To Become a mo (Sacrificial Animal) 4 “The Sacrificial Animal’s Speech” Conclusion: Bloods 6 Achema: the Yi-Sani Apologue for the Art of Speaking Introduction: Vocal Co-Dehiscence and Social Reconfiguration 1 The Primacy of Speech 2 Chema: from Snake-Woman to Dead-Woman 3 The Mastery of Speech as a Social Issue, the Art of Speaking as Performance 4 To Imitate Nature’s Babble Conclusion: Voices Echo 7 Bimo Religion as Intangible Cultural Heritage: the Process of Standardizing Writings and Chants Introduction: “Bimo Religion” bìmó jiào 毕摩教 1 Bimo Qualification Certificate 2 From “Blood” to “Image” 3 Current Policies as Rooted in the 19th Century 4 To Rewrite: to Restructure the Writing Pages 5 From Lineage Writings to the Yi Writing of the Stone Forest County 6 From the Secrets of Initiated Men to State Secrets? 7 Bimo Music and Chants as Institutions of the Chinese State Conclusion: Se in the Process of Becoming wén? An Ongoing Shamanistic Schism Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Acro Valle In the Beginning
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Seminit Publications Analyser Léducation du Travail dans Cantique des Cantique
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Infinite Verse The Things That Were There
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