The Bhagavad-gita (eBook, ePUB)

A Critical Introduction
Redaktion: Theodor, Ithamar

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a systematic and comprehensive introduction to one of the most read texts in South Asia, the Bhagavad-gita. The Bhagavad-gita is at its core a religious text, a philosophical treatise and a literary work, which has occupied an authoritative position within Hinduism for the past millennium.

This book brings together themes central to the study of the Gita, as it is popularly known - such as the Bhagavad-gita's structure, the history of its exegesis, its acceptance by different traditions within Hinduism and its national and global relevance. It highlights the richness of the Gita's interpretations, examines its great interpretive flexibility and at the same time offers a conceptual structure based on a traditional commentarial tradition.

With contributions from major scholars across the world, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of religious studies, especially Hinduism, Indian philosophy, Asian philosophy, Indian history, literature and South Asian studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000193442
• Artikelnr.: 59895353

Autorenporträt

Ithamar Theodor is an associate professor of Hindu studies at Zefat Academic College, Safed, Israel, and the director of the Hindu-Jewish studies programme at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His publications include Exploring the Bhagavadg¿t¿: Philosophy, Structure and Meaning (2010), The Fifth Veda in Hinduism: Philosophy, Poetry and Devotion in the Bh¿gavata Pur¿¿a (2016) and Dharma and Halacha: Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Bhagavad-g
t
and its contents 2. The structure of the Bhagavad-g
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3. Bhagavad-g
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: its philosophy and interpretation 4.
äkara's deconstruction of the Bhagavad-g
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grounded in his preunderstanding 5. The soteriology of devotion, divine grace, and teaching: Bhagavad-g
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and the
r
vai
avas 6. Karma in the Bhagavad-g
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: Caitanya Vai
ava views 7. The greatness of the G
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, as icon and mantra 8. The Bhagavad-g
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and Indian nationalist movement: Tilak, Gandhi, and Aurobindo 9. The G
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of the gurus: the Bhagavad-g
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since Indian independence 10. Arjuna and Acyuta: the import of epithets in the Bhagavad-g
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