The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions - Couverture souple

Novak, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060663421 ISBN 13 : 9780060663421

Editeur : HarperOne, 1994

Synopsis

A world Bible for our time from Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and primal religion sources!

In this perfect companion to Huston Smith's bestselling The World's Wisdom, Philip Novak distills the most powerful and elegant expressions of the wisdom of humankind. Authentic, poetic translations of key texts are coupled with insightful introductions and "grace notes."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Philip Novak is the Santo Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Dominican University in San Rafael, California, where he has taught for over twenty years, and the author of The World's Wisdom, a widely used anthology of the sacred texts of the world's religions and the companion reader to Huston Smith's The World's Religions.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A world Bible for our time from Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, Taoist, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and primal religion sources!

In this perfect companion to Huston Smith's bestselling The World's Wisdom, Philip Novak distills the most powerful and elegant expressions of the wisdom of humankind. Authentic, poetic translations of key texts are coupled with insightful introductions and "grace notes."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperOne
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060663421
• ISBN 13: 9780060663421
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
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