Complex sentence: These scholars attempted to draw parallels between the Old and New Testaments to earlier Hinayana sutras and the Lotus Sutra and abbreviated and "cristo-centric" translations were published by Richard and Soothill.
Split into simpler sentences: These scholars attempted to draw parallels between the Old and New Testaments to earlier Hinayana sutras and the Lotus Sutra. Abbreviated and "cristo-centric" translations were published by Richard and Soothill.