This essential comparative religious studies resource presents primary scriptures of seven world religions and reveals their shared heritage in Zoroastrian tradition. Completing the authoritative trilogy alongside Three Testaments: Torah Gospel and Quran and Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Seven Testamentsof World Religion lays the groundwork for all studies of religious history. Special Features Concise descriptions of each testament Maps, timelines, and study guide questions Appendices connecting historical events across testaments
This essential comparative religious studies resource presents primary scriptures of seven world religions and reveals their shared heritage in Zoroastrian tradition. Completing the authoritative trilogy alongside Three Testaments: Torah Gospel and Quran and Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Seven Testamentsof World Religion lays the groundwork for all studies of religious history. Special Features Concise descriptions of each testament Maps, timelines, and study guide questions Appendices connecting historical events across testaments
Brian Arthur Brown is the author of 24 books on the quest for peace and harmony between First Nations and other Canadians, French and English in Canada, Canadians and Americans at war and in peace, Jews, Christians and Muslims in current issues and interfaith studies worldwide. His magnum opus is an award winning two-volume compendium Three Testaments: Torah, Gospel and Quran (2012) and Four Testaments: Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita (2016), both from the Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group. He is currently a member of the Oxford Round Table at Oxford University and in 2015 he was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.
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Foreword, Karen Hamilton Prologue: Twenty Years in the Making Preface: What's New in This Book? Introduction, David Bruce Disclaimers: What If? and Other Questions Part I: Indo-European Connections in All Seven Testaments on World Religion 1. Breakthroughs in the Study of World Religions 2. From the Z Factor to Zoroaster, including a historic exordium by Friedrich Geldner 3. From the Foundations of the Earth: Vedic and Semitic Prehistories East and West 4. Commissioned at the River: A Priest Becomes a Prophet 5. The Silk Route: The Axis of the Axial Age 6. The Extant Avesta: Pieces of a Jigsaw Puzzle 7. The Fraternal Twins of World Religions 8. Monism and Monotheism in Actual Practice Part II: Creation and Apocalypse in World Religions: Avestan Models in Torah, Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Gospel, and Quran 9. The Dead Zee Scrolls: Zoroastrian Concepts Buried in the Scriptures of World Religions 10. An Essence of the Torah 11. An Essence of the Tao 12. An Essence of the Analects 13. An Essence of the Dhammapada 14. An Essence of the Bagavad Gita 15. An Essence of the Gospel 16. An Essence of the Quran Part III: Appendices A. Twelve Session Study Guides for Three Testaments and Four Testaments, David Bruce B. Three Testaments: Shalom, Peace, Salam C. Where the Bodies are Buried D. Older Testaments: Encounters on the Way, a one-act play, William Thomas E. Identifying the Tomb of Zoroaster F. The Sogdians: Prime Movers between Boundaries, Jenny Rose G. Sogdians in China: A Short History and Some New Discoveries, Étienne de la Vaissière H. Plot Summary for a Movie about a Zoroastrian Tragedy Epilogue: An Agenda for Another Twenty Years: Finding and Identifying the Dead Zee Scrolls Afterword: Continuing the Magi Journey, including article by Mark Rose Bibliography
Foreword, Karen Hamilton Prologue: Twenty Years in the Making Preface: What's New in This Book? Introduction, David Bruce Disclaimers: What If? and Other Questions Part I: Indo-European Connections in All Seven Testaments on World Religion 1. Breakthroughs in the Study of World Religions 2. From the Z Factor to Zoroaster, including a historic exordium by Friedrich Geldner 3. From the Foundations of the Earth: Vedic and Semitic Prehistories East and West 4. Commissioned at the River: A Priest Becomes a Prophet 5. The Silk Route: The Axis of the Axial Age 6. The Extant Avesta: Pieces of a Jigsaw Puzzle 7. The Fraternal Twins of World Religions 8. Monism and Monotheism in Actual Practice Part II: Creation and Apocalypse in World Religions: Avestan Models in Torah, Tao Te Ching, Analects, Dhammapada, Bhagavad Gita, Gospel, and Quran 9. The Dead Zee Scrolls: Zoroastrian Concepts Buried in the Scriptures of World Religions 10. An Essence of the Torah 11. An Essence of the Tao 12. An Essence of the Analects 13. An Essence of the Dhammapada 14. An Essence of the Bagavad Gita 15. An Essence of the Gospel 16. An Essence of the Quran Part III: Appendices A. Twelve Session Study Guides for Three Testaments and Four Testaments, David Bruce B. Three Testaments: Shalom, Peace, Salam C. Where the Bodies are Buried D. Older Testaments: Encounters on the Way, a one-act play, William Thomas E. Identifying the Tomb of Zoroaster F. The Sogdians: Prime Movers between Boundaries, Jenny Rose G. Sogdians in China: A Short History and Some New Discoveries, Étienne de la Vaissière H. Plot Summary for a Movie about a Zoroastrian Tragedy Epilogue: An Agenda for Another Twenty Years: Finding and Identifying the Dead Zee Scrolls Afterword: Continuing the Magi Journey, including article by Mark Rose Bibliography
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