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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy

Daodejing (Paperback): Lao zi Daodejing (Paperback)
Lao zi; Translated by Martyn Crucefix
R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"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".

The War Scroll, Violence, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature - Essays in Honour of Martin G. Abegg on... The War Scroll, Violence, War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls and Related Literature - Essays in Honour of Martin G. Abegg on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (Hardcover)
Kipp Davis, Kyung S. Baek, Peter W. Flint, Dorothy Peters
R6,600 Discovery Miles 66 000 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume is a collection of essays written in honour of Martin G. Abegg from a range of contributors with expertise in Second Temple Jewish literature in reflection upon Prof. Abegg's work. These essays are arranged according to four topics that deal with various aspects of text, language and interpretation of the Qumran War Scroll, and concepts of war and peace in Second Temple Jewish literature. The contents of the volume are divided into the following four main sections: (1) The War Scroll, (2) War and Peace in the Hebrew Scriptures, (3) War and Peace in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and (4) War and Peace in early Jewish and Christian texts and interpretation.

Koren Sacks Birkon, 10 Pack (Paperback): Jonathan Sacks Koren Sacks Birkon, 10 Pack (Paperback)
Jonathan Sacks
R2,241 R2,106 Discovery Miles 21 060 Save R135 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lankavatara Sutra - Translation and Commentary (Paperback): Red Pine The Lankavatara Sutra - Translation and Commentary (Paperback)
Red Pine
R501 Discovery Miles 5 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Having translated The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra, and following with The Platform Sutra, Red Pine now turns his attention to perhaps the greatest Sutra of all. The Lankavatara Sutra is the holy grail of Zen. Zen's first patriarch, Bodhidharma, gave a copy of this text to his successor, Hui-k'o, and told him everything he needed to know was in this book. Passed down from teacher to student ever since, this is the only Zen sutra ever spoken by the Buddha. Although it covers all the major teachings of Mahayana Buddhism, it contains but two teachings: that everything we perceive as being real is nothing but the perceptions of our own mind and that the knowledge of this is something that must be realized and experienced for oneself and cannot be expressed in words. In the words of Chinese Zen masters, these two teachings became known as  have a cup of tea" and  taste the tea."This is the first translation into English of the original text used by Bodhidharma, which was the Chinese translation made by Gunabhadra in 443 and upon which all Chinese Zen masters have relied ever since. In addition to presenting one of the most difficult of all Buddhist texts in clear English, Red Pine has also added summaries, explanations, and notes, including relevant Sanskrit terms on the basis of which the Chinese translation was made. This promises to become an essential text for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding or knowledge of Zen.

The Law and the Gentiles in Acts 15 - Divine Authority in Scripture (Hardcover, New edition): Hui-Chun (Peggy) Chen The Law and the Gentiles in Acts 15 - Divine Authority in Scripture (Hardcover, New edition)
Hui-Chun (Peggy) Chen
R2,063 Discovery Miles 20 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is for people who are interested in Luke and the law, and specifically in Acts 15. For all students writing papers related to Luke and the law or Acts 15 and especially for professors who are teaching Acts, this is a book they must consider. This work provides a new approach to reading Acts 15. It reads both Peter's and James' speeches in Acts 15 in light of Jesus' view of the law in the Gospel of Luke. For example, this book proposes that Peter's reference to God's cleansing the heart of the Gentile believers, in conjunction with his speaking of the Jews' inability to do the law in Acts 15:9-10, should be understood against Luke 11:37-41. This book also proposes that in James' use of Amos 9:11-12 (in Acts 15:16-17), he recalls Jesus' stress upon his name in Luke 24. In Luke 24:47-48, Jesus explains that the Scriptures (the law of Moses, prophets, and Psalms) speak of the preaching of repentance for the forgiveness of sins in his name to all nations.

Tractates Sevu'ot and 'Avodah Zarah (Hardcover): Heinrich W. Guggenheimer Tractates Sevu'ot and 'Avodah Zarah (Hardcover)
Heinrich W. Guggenheimer
R6,433 Discovery Miles 64 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is volume 13 of the edition of the complete Jerusalem Talmud. Within the Fourth Order Neziqin ("damages"), these two tractates deal with various types of oaths and their consequences (Sevu'ot) and laws pertaining to Jews living amongst gentiles, including regulations about the interaction between Jews and "idolators" ('Avodah Zarah).

Children's Siddur - Ashkenaz (Hardcover, Magerman ed.): Rinat Gilboa Children's Siddur - Ashkenaz (Hardcover, Magerman ed.)
Rinat Gilboa; Created by Koren Publishers Jerusalem Ltd
R419 R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Save R25 (6%) Ships in 10 - 17 working days

The first in the Magerman Educational Siddur Series, The Koren Children's Siddur created for the early elementary grades, combines stimulating and beautiful illustrations with thought-provoking educational components on each page to provide teachers and parents with an educational resource as much as a conventional siddur. The siddur, for kindergarten, first and second grades, is also accompanied by a comprehensive Teacher and Parents Guide to maximize the educational potential of this beginner's siddur.

Tendentious Hagiographies - Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE (Hardcover): Michael Chyutin Tendentious Hagiographies - Jewish Propagandist Fiction BCE (Hardcover)
Michael Chyutin
R5,292 Discovery Miles 52 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Tendentious Historiographies surveys ten Jewish literary works composed in Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek between the 8th and the mid-2nd century BCE, and shows that each deals with major problems of the Jewish populations in the Land of Israel or in the dispersions. Michael Chyutin provides insightful and at times surprising explorations of the purpose behind these texts. Jonah is viewed as a grotesque, a parody of prophetic writing. Ahiqar preaches the breaking of religious, national and familial frameworks and supports assimilation into the local society. Esther calls for Jewish national and familial solidarity and recommends concealment of religious identity. Daniel preaches individual observance of the religious precepts. Susannah also advocates national and religious solidarity. Tobit tells the story of the founders of the sect of the Therapeutes. Ruth supports the Jews who did not go into exile in Babylon. The play Exagoge and the romance Joseph and Aseneth support the Oniad temple in Egypt. Finally, Judith supports the moderate approach of the Jerusalem priests against the Hasmoneans' demand for violent struggle.

Soldier at War, Fighting, Hero, In Loving Memory Funeral Guest Book, Wake, Loss, Memorial Service, Love, Condolence Book,... Soldier at War, Fighting, Hero, In Loving Memory Funeral Guest Book, Wake, Loss, Memorial Service, Love, Condolence Book, Funeral Home, Combat, Church, Thoughts, Battle and In Memory Guest Book (Hardback) (Hardcover)
Lollys Publishing
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 - Peering into the Deep (Hardcover): Adam E. Miglio The Gilgamesh Epic in Genesis 1-11 - Peering into the Deep (Hardcover)
Adam E. Miglio
R3,927 Discovery Miles 39 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offers an in depth comparative look at the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Primeval History, which allows students to view the Genesis within its Near Eastern context. Offers a fresh model for approaching this comparative task, which has at times been stifled by religious dogmatism, on the one hand, or disciplinary insularity on the other. Written in a lucid style with explanation of all key terms and themes, this book is suitable for students with no background in the subjects.

Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation (Paperback): Kathy Galloway, Katharine M Preston Living Faithfully in the Time of Creation (Paperback)
Kathy Galloway, Katharine M Preston
R524 Discovery Miles 5 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon (Hardcover): Frank Matheus Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon (Hardcover)
Frank Matheus
R1,188 Discovery Miles 11 880 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Many Faces of Maimonides (Hardcover): Dov Schwartz The Many Faces of Maimonides (Hardcover)
Dov Schwartz; Translated by Batya Stein
R2,735 Discovery Miles 27 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume offers a new reading of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed. In particular, it explores how Maimonides' commitment to integrity led him to a critique of the Kal?m, to a complex concept of immortality, and to insight into the human yearning for metaphysical knowledge. Maimonides' search for objective truth is also analysed in its connection with the scientific writings of his time, which neither the Kal?m nor the Jewish philosophical tradition that preceded him had endorsed. Through a careful analysis of these issues, this book seeks to contribute to the understanding of the modes of thought adopted in The Guide of the Perplexed, including the 'philosophical theologian' model of Maimonides' own design, and to the knowledge of its sources.

Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Witness of the Gospels (Hardcover): Steven R McMurray Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Witness of the Gospels (Hardcover)
Steven R McMurray; Edited by Suzy Bills, Christina Crosland
R841 Discovery Miles 8 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Understanding the Prophetic Hadith - Issues Related to the Translation of Mishkat ul-Masabih (Hardcover): Dheya Saqer... Understanding the Prophetic Hadith - Issues Related to the Translation of Mishkat ul-Masabih (Hardcover)
Dheya Saqer Aljalahma, Yasser Ahmed Gomaa
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines two English translations of Mishkat ul-Masabih by Al-Tabrizi and reflects on some of the key issues relating to Hadith translation. The highly instructional nature of the Prophetic Hadith means that the comprehensibility of any translation is of great importance to a non-Arabic speaking Muslim, and there is a need to analyze available translations to determine whether these texts can function properly in the target culture. The volume considers the relevance of skopos theory, the concept of loyalty, and the strategies of the translators in question. There are also chapters that focus on the translation of Islamic legal terms and metaphors related to women, formulaic expressions, and reported non-verbal behavior in Fazlul Karim's (1938) and Robson's (1960) versions of the text.

Sharing and Hiding Religious Knowledge in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover): Mladen Popovic, Lautaro Roig... Sharing and Hiding Religious Knowledge in Early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (Hardcover)
Mladen Popovic, Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Clare Wilde
R3,177 Discovery Miles 31 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Few studies focus on the modes of knowledge transmission (or concealment), or the trends of continuity or change from the Ancient to the Late Antique worlds. In Antiquity, knowledge was cherished as a scarce good, cultivated through the close teacher-student relationship and often preserved in the closed circle of the initated. From Assyrian and Babylonian cuneiform texts to a Shi'ite Islamic tradition, this volume explores how and why knowledge was shared or concealed by diverse communities in a range of Ancient and Late Antique cultural contexts. From caves by the Dead Sea to Alexandria, both normative and heterodox approaches to knowledge in Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities are explored. Biblical and qur'anic passages, as well as gnostic, rabbinic and esoteric Islamic approaches are discussed. In this volume, a range of scholars from Assyrian studies to Jewish, Christian and Islamic studies examine diverse approaches to, and modes of, knowledge transmission and concealment, shedding new light on both the interconnectedness, as well as the unique aspects, of the monotheistic faiths, and their relationship to the ancient civilisations of the Fertile Crescent.

Hinduism in Middle India - Narasimha, The Lord of the Middle (Hardcover): Lavanya Vemsani Hinduism in Middle India - Narasimha, The Lord of the Middle (Hardcover)
Lavanya Vemsani
R3,014 Discovery Miles 30 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Narasimha is one of the least studied major deities of Hinduism. Furthermore, there are limited studies of the history, thought, and literature of middle India. Lavanya Vemsani redresses this by exploring a range of primary sources, including classical Sanskrit texts (puranas and epics), and regional accounts (sthalapuranas), which include texts, artistic compositions, and oral folk stories in the regional languages of Telugu, Oriya, and Kannada. She also examines the historical context as well as contemporary practice. Moving beyond the stereotypical classifications applied to sources of Hinduism, this unique study dedicates chapters to each region of middle India bringing together literary, religious, and cultural practices to comprehensively understand the religion of Middle India (Madhya Desha). Incorporating lived religion and textual data, this book offers a rich contribution to Hindu studies and Indian studies in general, and Vaishnava Studies and regional Hinduism in particular.

Opening Israel's Scriptures (Hardcover): Ellen F. Davis Opening Israel's Scriptures (Hardcover)
Ellen F. Davis
R2,715 Discovery Miles 27 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Opening Israel's Scriptures is a collection of thirty-six essays on the Hebrew Bible, from Genesis to Chronicles, which gives powerful insight into the complexity and inexhaustibility of the Hebrew Scriptures as a theological resource. Based on more than two decades of lectures on Old Testament interpretation, Ellen F. Davis offers a selective yet comprehensive guide to the core concepts, literary patterns, storylines, and theological perspectives that are central to Israel's Scriptures. Underlying the whole study is the primary assumption that each book of the canon has literary and theological coherence, though not uniformity. In both her close readings of individual texts and in her broad demonstrations of the coherence of whole books, Davis models the best practices of contemporary exegesis, integrating the insights of contemporary scholars with those of classical theological resources in Jewish and Christian traditions. Throughout, she keeps an eye to the experiences and concerns of contemporary readers, showing through multiple examples that the critical interpretation of texts is provisional, open-ended work-a collaboration across generations and cultures. Ultimately what she offers is an invitation into the more spacious world that the Bible discloses, which challenges ordinary conceptions of how things "really" are.

Secrets of Divine Love Journal - Insightful Reflections that Inspire Hope and Revive Faith (Hardcover): A Helwa Secrets of Divine Love Journal - Insightful Reflections that Inspire Hope and Revive Faith (Hardcover)
A Helwa
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jesus, the Unprecedented Human Being (Hardcover, New edition): Giosue Ghisalberti Jesus, the Unprecedented Human Being (Hardcover, New edition)
Giosue Ghisalberti
R1,413 Discovery Miles 14 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Does Jesus remain concealed by the very traditions intended to portray him? History and theology define Jesus to be a 1st-century Galilean or the son of God, a man limited by his time and place or exalted as the Messiah and Christ. He has been recognized as a Jewish rabbi or the prophet of a coming apocalypse. The quest for the historical Jesus and theology's Christ of faith may both be essential and undeniable in the history of scholarship. Secular historians and the Christian church have made their claims. Jesus' self-conception, however, has been neglected, his consciousness largely ignored. A new interpretation of the gospels presents Jesus as a unprecedented human being who will "utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 13:35) and make their meanings significant for the here and now. Jesus' life from the virgin birth to the resurrection can neither be reduced to history's scepticism nor theology's affirmation. Is it possible to re-imagine the life and words of Jesus? He reveals himself to be a "first-born" who makes possible the second act of creation for every individual no less than for the social world.

Christ in Islam and Christianity - The Representation of Jesus in the Qur'an and the Classical Muslim Commentaries... Christ in Islam and Christianity - The Representation of Jesus in the Qur'an and the Classical Muslim Commentaries (Hardcover)
Neal Robinson
R4,013 Discovery Miles 40 130 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

The way in which Jesus is portrayed in the Qur'an is at times ambiguous and has given rise to a bewildering variety of conflicting interpretations. Neal Robinson first outlines the various Christian approaches to the subject and then explains the principles of Muslim exegesis before looking in detail at what five classical Sunni commentaries say about Jesus' return, the crucifixion, the miracles and the virginal conception. Further chapters examine the same key topics from the viewpoint of Shi'ite and Sufi exegesis.

Tafs?r al-?Ayy?sh? - A Fourth/Tenth Century Sh??? Commentary on the Qur?an (Volume 1) (Hardcover): Mu?ammad B Masʿūd... Tafsīr al-ʿAyyāshī - A Fourth/Tenth Century Shīʿī Commentary on the Qurʾan (Volume 1) (Hardcover)
Muḥammad B Mas&#703&#363d Al-ʿayyāshī; Translated by Nazmina Dhanji; Edited by Wahid M Amin
R2,564 Discovery Miles 25 640 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Fate of the Dead and the Living at the Lord's Parousia: Exegesis of 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:13-18; 5:1-11... The Fate of the Dead and the Living at the Lord's Parousia: Exegesis of 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:13-18; 5:1-11 (Hardcover, New edition)
Eric Owusu
R2,084 Discovery Miles 20 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book traces the roots of the Christian belief in resurrection and the afterlife as presented by Paul in First Thessalonians. The Ghanaian author adopted mainly the approach of History of Religion (Religionsgeschichte) to his study of the Pauline exhortations on the fate of the dead and the living at the Lord's parousia in First Thessalonians. He is of the view that neither the African Traditional Religion nor ancient Greek philosophy and mythology can give the background information on the Pauline exhortations in question but Paul's origin as a Jewish Pharisee who believed in the resurrection of the dead and valued this belief he inherited from Judaism. The publication can help believers in Christ see death as an event which paves the way for them to begin a new life with God, their creator.

The Koren Tehillim (Hebrew/English), Compact (Hardcover): Eli Cashdan The Koren Tehillim (Hebrew/English), Compact (Hardcover)
Eli Cashdan
R438 Discovery Miles 4 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Unique Judical Vision of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk - Selected Discourses in Meshekh Hokhmah and Or Sameah (Hardcover):... The Unique Judical Vision of Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk - Selected Discourses in Meshekh Hokhmah and Or Sameah (Hardcover)
Yitshak Cohen; Translated by Meshulam Gotlieb; Edited by Herbert Basser
R2,148 Discovery Miles 21 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book analyzes the exceptional normative impact of R. Meir Simcha Hacohen's Biblical commentary, Meshekh Hokhmah, and his halakhic commentary, Or Sameah. It examines the reliance of the poskim on R. Meir Simcha's innovations and hermeneutic methods as well as their view of his interpretations that broadened or narrowed the scope of Maimonides' rulings. The book explores the broad-based judicial principles underlying R. Meir Simcha's legal decisions and approach to Jewish law. It further examines how his legal creativity was impacted by metahalakhic principles that guided him in addressing changing historical and social realities. The book also considers R. Meir Simcha's unique attitudes toward gentiles. His approach attests to his innovativeness and his halakhic moderation, as he tried to rule as leniently as possible on matters concerning non-Jews. In this book, R. Meir Simcha is shown to be a truly influential rabbi whose contributions will long be a source of study and discussion.

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