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Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics)

by Edward Conze

Striving to understand the truth of the human condition and determining the path to spiritual enlightenment is the fundamental nature of Buddhism. Lighting this path is the Buddha, committed to guiding human beings to pure and happy lives. This beautiful hardcover gift book is the ideal introduction to the amazing ideals and beliefs of Buddhism. Containing dozens of selected Buddhist teachings, quotes and... (more)

Guide for the Perplexed (The Kegan Paul Library of Religion and Mysticism)

Guide for the Perplexed (The Kegan Paul Library of Religion and Mysticism)

by Moses Maimonides

Great classic of medieval Judaism, major attempt to reconcile revealed religion (Pentateuch, commentaries) and Aristotelian philosophy. Enormously important in all Western thought. Unabridged Friedlander translation. 50-page introduction. "...a great influence on Jewish and Christian scholasticism."-Jewish Civic Press.

Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia (Penguin Classics)

Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia (Penguin Classics)

by Anonymous

This book comprises five poems dating from the height of the Babylonian civilisation in the second millennium BC. They include "The New Babylonian Creation", which was recited at the new year festival in honour of the god Marduk and his conquest of Tiamat, "Inanna's Journey to Hell", in which the goddess of fertility descends into a gloomy wasteland of devils and darkness, and "Adapa: the Man", a story of man's... (more)

Novum Testamentum graece

Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An) (Detective Stories)

Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Dee Goong An) (Detective Stories)

by Robert Hans Van Gulik

Authentic 18th-century Chinese detective novel; Dee and associates solve three interlocked cases: The Case of the Double Murder at Dawn, The Case of the Strange Corpse, and The Case of the Poisoned Bridge.

Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani

Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani

by E. A. Wallis Budge

The history of the great body of religious compositions which form the Book of the Dead, translated by Wallis Budge

The Chinese theory of art;: Translations from the masters of Chinese artLin Yutang

The Chinese theory of art;: Translations from the masters of Chinese art

by Lin Yutang

The texts chosen by Lin Yutang trace the development of Chinese art from the earliest literary reference in Confucius to the vital essays of Shih-t'ao and Shen Tsung-chi'en more than 20 centuries later. The selections cover every aspect of technique and subject matter, including the Six Canons of Chinese painting, while the scope of the book is widened further by the inclusion of important essays on collecting and... (more)

Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement

Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement

by James B. Pritchard

This anthology brought together the most important historical, legal, mythological, liturgical, and secular texts of the ancient Near East, with the purpose of providing a rich contextual base for understanding the people, cultures, and literature of the Old Testament. A scholar of religious thought and biblical archaeology, James Pritchard recruited the foremost linguists, historians, and archaeologists to select... (more)

Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient CalendarF. D. Duran

Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient Calendar

by Diego Dura?n

Text: English, Spanish (translation)

Twenty Jataka Tales

by Noor Inayat Khan

These delightful fables tell of acts of sacrifice inspired by the noble example of others. The flavor is suggestive of Aesop, as are the lessons that are so subtly and keenly conveyed.

The Holy Bible Authorized King James Version[Holy Bible]

The Holy Bible Authorized King James Version

by [Holy Bible]

The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English

The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English

One of the world's foremost experts on the Dead Sea Scrolls provides an authoritative new English translation of the two hundred longest and most important nonbiblical Dead Sea Scrolls found at Qumran, along with an introduction to the history of the discovery and publication of each manuscript and the background necessary for placing the manuscripts in context.

Picatrix: UN Traite De Magie Medieval

by B. Bakhouche

The Holy Quaran

Hymns from the Rig-Veda

Text: English

The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts

by R. O. Faulkner

A collection of ancient Egyptian religious texts, "The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts" are taken largely from inscriptions on the walls and sarcophagi of the early Ancient Egyptian pyramids at Saqqara. The oldest of these texts come from the Pyramid of Unas, the last king of the 5th Dynasty while others come from the pyramids of the 6th Dynasty kings Pepi I, Pepi II, and Teti. Presented here is the famous and... (more)

The Treatise of the Pool: Al-Mawala Al Hawdiyya

The Treatise of the Pool: Al-Mawala Al Hawdiyya

by Obadiah ben Abraham Maimonides

A remarkable, previously untranslated, Sufic text by the celebrated grandson of the illustrious philosopher Maimonides. Edited from the Bodleian MS, with a Preface by Professor Georges Vajda. The Translator's Introduction outlines the history of Sufi influences on Judaism. "Dr Fenton has put together clearly and informatively all that can presently be said about the life and work of this Jewish Sufi, whose... (more)

I Ching or Book of ChangesRichard Wilhelm; Rendered Into English By Cary F. Baynes Translator; Foreword C.G. Jung; Pref

I Ching or Book of Changes

by Richard Wilhelm; Rendered Into English By Cary F. Baynes Translator; Foreword C.G. Jung; Pref

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