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This is a subset of the Sacred Books of the East Series which includes translations of all the most important works of the seven non-Christian religions which have exercised a profound influence

The Apostolic Churches of the East is currently the only complete history in English of the Syriac Church of the East. It covers the periods of the Sassanians, Arabs, Mongols, Ottomans, and

At a time when the popularity of Buddhism is at a peak in the west, both inside and outside the university setting, scholars and students alike are searching for guidance: How should

Contains works by scholars of Buddhism, themselves Buddhist, who seek to apply the critical tools of the academy to reassess the truth and transformative value of their tradition in its relevance to

Designed as an introduction to their ideas, this book concentrates on the Brethren's writings, analysing the impact on them of thinkers such as Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and the Neoplatonists and tracing the

David Webster explores the notion of desire as found in the Buddhist Pali Canon. Beginning by addressing the idea of a 'paradox of desire', whereby we must desire to end desire, the

Discusses historical and contemporary aspects of pilgrimage within the Tibetan cultural world. Examines myths and legends, material conditions, textual sources, a modern pilgrim's impressions, political and economic influences, biographies and contemporary developments.

Why did people in North India from the 5th century BC choose to leave the world and join a sect later coined as Buddhism? This is the first book to apply the

This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In a study that is textual, historical and

The year 1492 marked the end of the Spanish-Jewish community. For centuries, Spanish Jews enjoyed material and cultural success, producing poets, philosophers, scientists and Torah scholars. Yet all this began to fall

Sufi interpretation has often been characterized as allegorical, these writings are more notable for their variety of philosophical, visionary, literary and homiletic styles."Sufi Commentaries on the Qur'an in Classical Islam" is the

This title explains Qur'an translational problems and provides a thorough account of the unique syntactic, semantic, phonetic, prosodic, pragmatic and rhetorical features of the Qur'an.

This ground-breaking and controversial work locates the antecedents of today's Islamic 'fundamentalism' in 16th and 17th century Iran.

This text provides translations of the earliest Arabic autobiography and theoretical explanation of the psychic development and powers of an Islamic holy man (Saint, Friend of God). His spiritual development is outlined,