Reading the Sacred Scriptures - From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2017
First published:	2018
Editors:	Fiachra Long • Siobhan Dowling Long
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-68129-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian sacred works & liturgy > Sacred texts > General
LSN:	1-138-68129-6
Barcode:	9781138681293

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