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How much influence did the Persian and Babylonian religions have on Judaism and its writers?
Bhagavad-Gita is one of the most well-known and important holy books of the world. In all of Indian literature none is more quoted than this work, which is considered to be the main religious text of Hinduism.
The wisdom it conveys provides guidelines for daily living that have been followed for centuries, including India's greatest spiritual leader, Mahatmas Gandhi.
Freedom and determinism. The author of Jubilees is a true Pharisee in that he combines belief in Divine omnipotence and providence with the belief in human freedom and responsibility. He would have adopted heartily the statement of the Pss. Sol. ix. 7 (written some sixty years or more later)
This translation of the ancient Gnostic work, called by Schmidt, the Untitled Apocalypse, is based chiefly on Amelineau's French version of the superior MS. of the Codex Brucianus, now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kiches of Central America- When the Spanish took over Central America in the 16th and 17th centuries they made certain to destroy the writings and holy books of the native Mayans in an effort to convert them to Christianity. Few texts survived, yet one did of the highest importance. It is called The Popol Vuh. It is the creation story of the Mayan culture
The Bhagavad Gita translated with exhaustive notes and a copious introduction, to aid the reader in understanding the culture, meaning, and storylines.
A history and translation of the extant manuscripts known as the Sibylline Oracles.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail. The theme, if the present interpreter be right, is the great regeneration, the birth of the spiritual from the psychical man: the same theme which Paul so wisely and eloquently set forth in writing to his disciples in Corinth, the theme of all mystics in all lands.
The Apocryphal Gospel of St. Peter : A long forgotten manuscript of the Gospel of Peter.
The Jewish religion and its offsprings have produce more 'sacred texts' than most religions, but many have been hidden from people by the church.
The Jewish religion and its offsprings have produce more 'sacred texts' than most religions, but many have been hidden from people by the church.
A short study into the versification of the Scriptures.
A concise study into the books lost and books removed from the Old Testament.
TWO mathematical treatises on the New Testament books, a step into the numerology of the texts - in ONE book.
Getting translations direct from the Hebrew language brings life back into these scriptures for all men and women.