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Milestone Documents of World Religions
Milestone Documents of World Religions
Exploring Traditions of Faith Through Primary Sources
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Publisher: Schlager Group Inc
ISBN: 9781935306191
Pages: 1462
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781935306191

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Keywords: World History, Primary Sources, Primary Documents, World History, Primary Sources, Primary Documents

Milestone Documents of World Religions examines 100 key sacred texts and foundational documents of the world's primary religions, from ancient times to the present, providing researchers with a fresh perspective on how critical religious texts have influenced both the past and the present.

Pyramid Texts ca 2404–2193 BCE
12 pages
“Instructions of Ptahhotep” ca. 2200 BCE
14 pages
“Hymn to the Nile” ca. 1990–1950 BCE
12 pages
Hymn of the Righteous Sufferer ca. 1770–600 BCE
14 pages
Rig Veda ca. 1700–1200 BCE
18 pages
Egyptian Book of the Dead ca. 1569–1315 BCE
14 pages
Enuma Elish ca. 1500 BCE
18 pages
Bible: Exodus ca. 1446 BCE
14 pages
Bible: Genesis ca. 1400–400 BCE
20 pages
“Great Hymn to the Aten” ca. 1348 BCE
10 pages
Epic of Gilgamesh ca. 1300 BCE
16 pages
Noble Eightfold Path ca. 528 BCE
16 pages
Jain Sutras ca. 500–200 BCE
16 pages
Upanishads ca. 500 BCE–200 BCE
16 pages
Confucius: Analects ca. 479–249 BCE
14 pages
Orphic Tablets and Hymns ca. 400 BCE–300 BCE
14 pages
Dao De Jing ca. 300–200 BCE
24 pages
Book of Enoch ca. 300–100 BCE
18 pages
Cleanthes: “Hymn to Zeus” ca. 280–276 BCE
10 pages
Han Feizi ca. 230 BCE
12 pages
Bhagavad Gita ca. 200 BCE–200 CE
18 pages
Book of Rites ca. 200–100 BCE
16 pages
Laws of Manu ca. 200 BCE–200 CE
16 pages
Pseudo-Sibylline Oracles ca. 150 BCE–700 CE
18 pages
Lotus Sutra ca. 100 BCE–200 CE
18 pages
Lucretius: On the Nature of Things ca. 59 BCE–55 CE
16 pages
Gospel of Thomas ca. 50–180 CE
18 pages
Bible: Revelation ca. 94–96
18 pages
Ptolemy: “Letter to Flora” ca. 150 CE
12 pages
Pirke Avot ca. 200 CE
14 pages
Sefer Yetzirah ca. 200 CE
15 pages
Mani: Evangelium ca. 240–270
12 pages
Heart Sutra ca. 250–400 CE
10 pages
Popol Vuh ca. 250–925
12 pages
Nicene Creed 325
10 pages
Tirumular: “Atbudha Dance” ca. 400–700
14 pages
Dionysius the Areopagite: The Celestial Hierarchy ca. 500
16 pages
Book of the Cave of Treasures ca. 500–600
16 pages
Emerald Tablet ca. 500–700
10 pages
Qur'an ca. 610–632
18 pages
Shantideva: Bodhicaryavatara ca. 700–763
14 pages
The Voyage of Bran ca. 200–800
14 pages
Nihongi 720
16 pages
Tibetan Book of the Dead ca. 750
16 pages
Sahih al-Bukhari 870
16 pages
Usul al-kafi 921–940
14 pages
Yengishiki 927
14 pages
Vishnu Purana ca. 1045
16 pages
Mishneh Torah 1170–1180
18 pages
Book of the Bee ca. 1200–1300
14 pages
Ibn al-'Arabi: The Meccan Illuminations 1203–1224
14 pages
Snorra Edda ca. 1220
18 pages
Francis of Assisi: “Canticle of the Creatures” 1224–1225
10 pages
Thomas Aquinas: Summa theologiae 1226–1273
20 pages
gZi-brjid ca. 1400
16 pages
Mohawk Thanksgiving Address ca. 1451
12 pages
Henricus Institoris and Jacobas Sprenger: Malleus maleficarum 1486
16 pages
Martin Luther: Ninety-five Theses 1517
14 pages
The Key of Solomon the King ca. 1525
16 pages
Paracelsus: Concerning the Nature of Things 1537
18 pages
Rig Veda Americanus ca. 1540–1585
16 pages
Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent 1564
18 pages
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus 1565
16 pages
Shulchan Arukh ca. 1570
15 pages
Raag Gond 1604
22 pages
Fama Fraternitatis ca. 1610
18 pages
Westminster Confession 1646
18 pages
John Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress 1678
16 pages
Kumulipo ca. 1700
22 pages
Hakuin Ekaku: “Song of Meditation” ca. 1718
10 pages
Ba'al Shem Tov: “The Holy Epistle” 1752
10 pages
Emanuel Swedenborg: Invitation to the New Church ca. 1760–1712
22 pages
Francis Barrett: The Magus 1801
18 pages
Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1835
20 pages
Bab: Persian Bayan 1848
18 pages
Kitab al-jilwah ca. 1850
12 pages
Allan Kardec: The Spirits' Book 1857
14 pages
Baha'u'llah: Kitab-i-aqdas 1873
14 pages
Mary Baker Eddy: Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures 1875
16 pages
Pittsburgh Platform 1885
10 pages
Helena Blavatsky: The Secret Doctrine 1888
18 pages
Rufus M. Jones: “Essential Truths” 1990
12 pages
Rudolf Steiner: Theosophy 1904
14 pages
Emma Goldman: “The Philosophy of Atheism” 1916
14 pages
Robert Athlyi Rogers: Holy Piby 1924
14 pages
Humanist Manifesto 1933
12 pages
Meher Baba: Discourses 1938–1943
16 pages
Gerald Gardner: Book of Shadows ca. 1953
18 pages
Vatican II 1962–1965
20 pages
Ayatollah Khomeini: Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist 1970
16 pages
Yoruba Praise Poem to Sango ca. 1970
8 pages
Li Hongzhi: Zhuan falun 1994
18 pages
Ismar Schorsch: The Sacred Cluster 1995
16 pages
Jose Trigueirinho: Calling Humanity 2002
21 pages
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Subject(s): World History, Primary Sources, Primary Documents, World History, Primary Sources, Primary Documents

Milestone Documents of World Religions examines 100 key sacred texts and foundational documents of the world's primary religions, from ancient times to the present, providing researchers with a fresh perspective on how critical religious texts have influenced both the past and the present.

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