Fiachra (Hrsg.) Long

Reading the Sacred Scriptures

From Oral Tradition to Written Documents and their Reception

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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, Buddh… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Dowling Long, Siobhán (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-134-79256-6
EAN: 9781134792566
Produktnummer: 23800805
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 324 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'810 KB
Abbildungen: 2 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Fiachra Long is a philosopher and Senior Lecturer in Education at University College Cork where he is Head of School.Siobhán Dowling Long is a Lecturer in Education at University College Cork.