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Reading the Sacred Scriptures: From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and Their Reception
Long, Fiachra ; Dowling Long, Siobhán (Author)
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Reading the Sacred Scriptures: From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and Their Reception - Long, Fiachra ; Dowling Long, Siobhán
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Synopsis "Reading the Sacred Scriptures: From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and Their Reception"
Reading the Sacred Scriptures: From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception examines how the scriptures came to be written and how their authority has been constructed and reinforced over time. Highlighting the measures taken to safeguard the stability of oral accounts, this book demonstrates the care of religious communities to maintain with reverence their assembled parchments and scrolls. Written by leading experts in their fields, this collection chronicles the development of the scriptures from oral tradition to written documents and their reception. It features notable essays on the scriptures of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Confucianism, Daoism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Shinto, and Baha'i.This book will fascinate anyone interested in the belief systems of the featured religions. It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate religious studies students, teachers and lecturers can explore religious traditions from their historical beginnings.
