The Bible of the world; edited by Robert O. Ballou in collaboration with Friedrich Spiegelberg and with the assistance and advice of Horace L. Friess. - New York, Viking Press, 1939. - xxi, 1415 p. illus. 24 cm.

"The scriptural essence of eight great living source religions."--Introd. "First published in October 1939."

Bibliographical references in "Notes": p. [1343]-1379; "Condensed bibliography": p. 1380-1384.

Hindu scriptures: The hymns of the Rig-Veda -- The Sarapatha-Brahmana -- The Upanishads -- The ordinances of Manu -- The Bhagavad-Gita (or the Lord's song) -- The Vishnu Purana -- The Garuda Purana -- The Markandeya Purana -- Sankaracharya's Atma Bodha (knowledge of spirit) -- The Hathayoga Pradipika of Swarmaram Swami -- The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali -- The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha -- From the Hitopadesa -- The works of Sri Ramakrishna -- Buddhist scriptures: The life of the Buddha -- The doctrine of the Buddha -- The Tibetan doctrine -- Jaina Sutras -- A manual of Zen Buddhism -- Confucianist scriptures: The Li Ki -- The Shih King -- Analects of Confucius (Lun Yu) -- The great learning (Ta Hsio) -- The doctrine of the steadfast mean (Chung Yung) -- The works of Mencius (Meng-Tze) -- The book of filial piety (The Hsiao King) -- Taoist scriptures: The Tao-Te-King -- The works of Chuang Tze -- Zoroastrian scriptures: The hymns of Zoroaster (The Gathas) -- The Zendavesta -- The Pahlavi texts -- Judeo-Christian scriptures: The Old Testament -- The apocryphal Old Testament -- The New Testament -- The life and acts of Jesus -- The sermons and sayings of Jesus -- The Acts of the Apostles -- The Epistles -- The Revelation of St. John the Divine -- The apocryphal New Testament -- Mohammedan scriptures: The Koran -- The Masnavi -- The forty-two traditions of An-Nawawi. [1.] [2.] [3.] [4.] [5.] [6.] [7.]

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