Tongues of Fire : A Bible of Sacred Scriptures of the Non-Christian World

by Turnbull, Grace H.

• ISBN13: 9780801868580
• ISBN10: 0801868580
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-31
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Summary

"I have chosen those passages which seem to have the greatest beauty and spiritual appeal, leaving it to the reader to enter on his own account into a more intensive study of that religion which interests him most... I hope it may lead others to compile Bibles of their own to supply the lack which may be felt in this: for it is a great pleasure to commune with the great ones of heaven and earth, and why should we deny ourselves this delight?" -- from the Preface

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
The Unknown God	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xxi
The Book of Genesis	p. 1
Early Conceptions of the Genesis of the World
The Egyptian Book of Wisdom	p. 13
The Teachings of Kagemma (Ke'Gemni)
Ptah-Hetep
King Khati
Amen-Em-Apt
Ani
The Upanishads	p. 27
The Book of Psalms	p. 43
Vedic
Greek
Egyptian and Japanese Hymns
Accadian and Babylonian Penitential Psalms
Hymns of the American Indians
The Book of Prayers	p. 89
Accadian
Babylonian
Egyptian
Greek
Roman and Indian Prayers
The Book of Zarathushtra (Zoroaster)	p. 103
Selections From the Persian Avesta and the Dina-I Mainog-I Khirad
The Confucian Canon	p. 121
Selections From the Shu-King
The Shi-King
The Yi-King
The Li-Chi
The Hsiao King
The Analects of Confucius
The Doctrine of the Mean
The Great Learning
The Writings of Mencius
The Book of Lao-Tzu	p. 157
Selections From His Tao Teh King and From the Writings of His Follower Chuang-Tzu
The Book of Buddha	p. 167
Selections From the Ancient Buddhist Canon Treating of the Life and Teachings of Buddha
Including the Dhammapada
The Edicts of Asoka	p. 235
Selections From His Rock and Pillar Edicts
The Laws of Manu	p. 245
The Bhagavadgita, the Song Divine	p. 251
The Book of Socrates	p. 267
Selections From Xenophon and Plato Descriptive of His Life and Teachings
The Book of Plato	p. 291
Selections From the Phaedrus
The Republic
Meno
Timaeus Symposium
Laws
The Enneads of Plotinus	p. 313
The Book of Seneca	p. 335
Selections From His Epistles
De Vita Beata
De Providentia
De Constantia Sapientis
Consolatio Ad Polybium
De Ira
De Consolatione Ad Helviam Matrem
The Book of Epictetus	p. 353
Selections From His Discourses
Aphorisms and Enchiridion
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius	p. 375
The Book of Mohammed	p. 391
Selections From the Koran
With the Call to Prayer and an Extract From Muslim
Bibliography	p. 407
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