Sacred texts of the world
Contributors: Teaching Company
Series: Great courses : Religion & theology. Comparative & orld religion; Great courses (DVD)
Publisher: Teaching Co.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chantilly, VA
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording]
Number of pages: 1080
ISBN-13: 9781629970424
Subjects: Religions; Sacred books
Description: Now, in Sacred Texts of the World, Professor Grant Hardy of the University of North Carolina at Asheville takes you deeply into the world canon of sacred writings that have played an integral role in human culture and history. Covering a wide spectrum of texts, the course examines the scriptures of seven major religious traditions, as well as nine lesser-known or smaller faiths, including sacred writings from the ancient Egyptian and Mayan civilizations. These 36 lectures provide rich insights into world cultures and the meaning of religious faith.
Notes: Thirty six lectures at 30 min. each.

DVD ; NTSC.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1: 1. Reading other people's scriptures; title: 2. Hinduism and the Vedas; title: 3. What is heard: Upanishads; title: 4. What is remembered: epics; title: 5. Laws of Manu and Bhagavad Gita; title: 6. Related traditions: Sikh scriptures; title: disc 2: 7. Judaism: people of the book; title: 8. Five books of Torah; title: 9. Prophets and writings; title: 10. Apocrypha and Dead Sea scrolls; title: 11. Oral Torah: Mishnah and Talmud; title: 12. Related traditions: Zoroastrian scriptures; title: disc 3: 13. The three baskets of buddhism; title: 14. Vinaya and Jakata; title: 15. Theravada Sutras; title: 16. Mahayana Sutras; title: 17. Pure land Buddhism and Zen; title: 18. Tibetan Vajrayana; title: disc 4: 19. Related traditions: Jain scriptures; title: 20. Five Confucian classics; title: 21. Four books of neo-Confucianism; title: 22. Daoism and the Daodejing; title: 23. The three caverns of Daoist scriptures; title: 24. Related traditions: Shinto and Tenrikyo; title: disc 5: 25. Christian testaments Old and New; title: 26. Gospels and Acts; title: 27. Letter and Apocalypse; title: 28. Apocryphal gospels; title: 29. Related traditions: Mormon scriptures; title: 30. Islam and scriptural recitation; title: disc 6: 31. Holy Qur'an; title: 32. Hadith and Sufism; title: 33. Related traditions: Baha'i scriptures; title: 34. Abandoned scriptures: Egyptian and Mayan; title: 35. Secular scriptures: U.S. Constitution; title: 36. Heavenly books, earthly connection.