Sacred texts books

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Assesses the religious and intellectual significance of the Hebrew Bible both as a document of its time and as an...  Read More >>

This study of the Qur'an arises from an interest in a pressing contemporary issue, the relationship between Muslims...  Read More >>

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The Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad...  Read More >>

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This handbook innovatively combines the ways in which scholars diverse fields (including philosophy, psychology,...  Read More >>

This commentary demonstrates that the Gospel of Mark is a result of a strictly sequential, hypertextual reworking...  Read More >>

The Old Testament in Byzantium contains papers from a Dumbarton Oaks symposium based on an exhibition of early Bible...  Read More >>

This is a study of one of the most important works of medieval commentary on the Qur’an which is still in use today,...  Read More >>

Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist...  Read More >>

Written by a leading authority on Chinese philosophy, Decoding Dao uniquely focuses on the core texts in Daoist...  Read More >>

Wem gehört eigentlich das ursprünglich dem Volk Israel verheißene Land? Die Beiträge dieses Sammelbandes beantworten...  Read More >>

A two-volume work describing three collections of Persian manuscripts and lithographic prints at the Royal Library,...  Read More >>

Providing an analysis of the complete story of Mary in its liturgical, narrative and rhetorical contexts, this literary...  Read More >>

Leading scholars reflect the wide range of modern perspectives on the Qu'ran and on the Muslim exegetical tradition....  Read More >>

This book examines the Sih-rozag, a text that is included in the Avesta, the collection of sacred writings of the...  Read More >>

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"""These 24 studies on specific symbols, images and icons from the Muslim tradition authored by scholars from around...  Read More >>

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""Essays ... were originally presented at the biblical studies symposium 'Decisive meals - Was sich beim Essen entscheidet'...  Read More >>

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Walton and Sandy summarize what we know of orality and oral tradition as well as the composition and transmission...  Read More >>

The work of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin, the Neziv, ranks amongst the most often read rabbinic literature of...  Read More >>