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Sacred Texts of the World
- Narrated by: Grant Hardy
- Length: 18 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
With few exceptions, the world's religions are anchored in their sacred texts-core writings that express the ideals and vision of the faiths, forming a basis for belief and action. Humanity's library of sacred writings is a huge canon that includes many of the most influential books ever written. In addition to the Hebrew and Christian bibles and the Quran of Islam, major sacred writings include the Hindu Vedas, the Buddhist Sutras, Daoism's Daodejing, and the Analects of Confucius, as well as the beloved texts of religions such as Zoroastrianism and Jainism, and modern faiths such as Baha'i.
These are texts that people live by and, at times, are willing to die for.
In these 36 lectures, Professor Hardy takes you deeply into the body of sacred writings that have played a fundamental role in human culture and history. Discussing a broad range of texts, the course examines the scriptures of seven major religions, as well as nine lesser known or smaller faiths, including texts from the ancient Egyptian and Mayan societies. In addition to studying the scriptures of the Judeo-Christian and Islamic worlds, you'll discover religious texts from vastly differing cultures around the world.
These richly insightful lectures highlight a global legacy of faith, thought, and spirituality.
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- 04-02-18
A true treasure
Listened twice so far, the best audible book I have read. So nice to have such knowledge, for those who seek the Truth, this is an essential read. An open mind is needed, then absorb wisdom that took thousands of years.
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-02-22
Brilliant
Simply brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed this. Well researched, knowledgeable and clear presentation. I would recommend
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- Saurabh Kumar Singh
- 24-08-20
A must read/listen
This book talks about sacred scriptures of world's major regions. This book can also be used as an introduction to those religions. At times one wishes for more details on books but still a great starting point. A must read for anyone looking for a quick and easy introduction to other religions.
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- WH Humphreys
- 07-01-20
A brilliant course
A magnificent, detailed, thoughtful and humane overview of a huge range of religious textual traditions. Grant Hardy is perhaps my favourite of the Great Course lecturers, and that’s saying a lot. Highly recommended.
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- Labrador with class
- 24-08-16
read it!!
it opened my eyes to so much. I have since listening to this audio book purchased 3 of the books mentioned in it and am reading them now with knowledge, curiosity and open mind. I will not convert, but I will learn and respect more.
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- Andrew Maggs
- 25-10-19
Excellent Lecture Series
This is an excellent lecture series that goes into just enough detail about the sacred texts off the world’s great religions. Clearly and confidently presented, I highly recommend it.
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- Sharl
- 04-12-14
Great introduction to a vast subject
A great introduction to a wide range of the sacred texts of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Chinese Classics, and Islam. Some ‘smaller’ religions are also covered such as Zoroastrianism and the Mormon faith. In total there are 36 lectures and I think Dr. Grant Hardy does a good job at providing an overview of the word’s main sacred texts. I learnt more than I expected I would.
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- Caitlin
- 23-06-19
Engaging and Informative
Gives a great wide ranging introduction to many of the main sacred texts of the world. If you're interested in religious thought this series of lectures is a brilliant place to start before you delve deeper into specific traditions. It's not confusing at any point despite covering a lot of material at speed and feels like it gives a lot of information about many subjects even though it touches on them fairly briefly. The format encourages comparative and critical thought about the sacred texts.
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- Nicky Beet
- 19-05-17
the original fake news
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
maybe if they have an interest in ancient cultures
Would you recommend Sacred Texts of the World to your friends? Why or why not?
same as above
What about Professor Grant Hardy, Ph.D., Yale University’s performance did you like?
performance was good but the content is partly good but partly abject and the very reason ppl can not figure out truths or even if there is any such thing as a fact
If this book were a film would you go see it?
no
Any additional comments?
only relevant in an historical sense
skips over and ignores parts that we would now view as hateful and discriminatory as if they don't even exist.while I can understand why one would like to do this but it has absolutely no intellectual integrity and the very fact that it seems one can pick any parts as your own truths that allows extremist or terrorist groups to claim scriptural basis for there beliefs and actions as there is no way to prove or disprove any of this stuff and if one can not do that it is also impossible to disprove this is doubly troubling as there is no evidence out side these texts themselves for the original existence for a deity and if one can not prove evidence or even a test to prove gods existence then there is little more reason to base a life or society on these texts as there is to base a society on a childrens book
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