Scriptures of the West - Softcover

Fieser, James; Powers, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070210225 ISBN 13: 9780070210226

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1997

Synopsis

This anthology of scriptures from the word's major religions in English translation discusses the nature and scope of scriptures within each religion and the history of the scripture presented. This volume covers scriptures from religions of the West.

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From the Publisher

Sections and subsections contain brief editor's introductions which discuss the nature and scope of scripture within each religion, and the history of the scripture presented.
The book uses recent versus outdated public-domain translations and is sensitive to competing translations (for example, uses the Jewish Publication Society's translation of the Tanakh rather than translations of the Old Testament associated with Christianity).
The selections are confined only to scriptures of religions that are practiced today and have a wide sphere of influence (i.e., excludes dead traditions such as ancient Greek, Mesopotamia, or Egyptian religions), emphasizes only religions that have a body of written literature (i.e., excludes African and Native American religions), and focuses on texts that discuss the lives and teachings of religious founders and present central doctrines

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070210225
• ISBN 13: 9780070210226
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216