Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions

Mark W. Muesse

ISBN 10: 1598032836 / ISBN 13: 9781598032833

Published by Teaching Company, LLC (edition ), 2007

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions
• Publisher: Teaching Company, LLC (edition )
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598032836
• ISBN 13: 9781598032833
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

The first classics in human history—the early works of literature, philosophy, and theology to which we have returned throughout the ages—appeared in the middle centuries of the first millennium bce. The canonical texts of the Hebrew scriptures, the philosophical writings of Plato and Aristotle, the Analects of Confucius and the Daodejing, the Bhagavad Gita and the teachings of the Buddha—all of these works came down to us from the compressed period of history that Karl Jaspers memorably named the Axial Age.