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This data disk includes
the 14 volume set of The
Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East. These books can only be read on
your computer with a PDF Reader (such as the free Adobe Reader).
Please note that this collection contains vintage scans, some
of which were in poor condition before being rescued and digitized for
posterity. This means that you may see some pages with creases
and tears that show up in the scans.
Publications
included:
Volume 1. -
Babylonia and Assyria: The
tales of Babylon that survived its fall; Earth's Coldest
language: the Sumerian Texts in the Akkadian, or oldest Semitic
tongue, The writings of Hammurapi, The creation epic, The epic
of Gilgamesh and the goddess Ishtar, Other religious legends,
Moral and philosophical texts, The Tel-El-Amarna letters,
Records of the conquering kings, Prayers and magic incantations,
Nebuchadrezzar and Belshazzar. – 505 pages
Volume 2. - Egypt: The
earliest Egyptian remains, The secret pyramid texts, Biography,
travel, and romance, The precepts of Ptah-Hotep, Religious and
semi-historic texts, Tales of romance and travel, The book of
the dead, Egypt's holy scripture, Hymns to the One Universal
God, The religion of the poor in ancient Egypt, History and
legend under the great empire, Egypt's chief epic poem, Tales of
romance and travel, The book of the breaths of life, Romances. –
503 pages
Volume 3. - Ancient Hebrew:
The earliest remains, The Mishna or elder talmud, The Gemara, or
younger talmud, The Haggada or Tales and traditions of the
talmud, The Halacha, or Rules of the law, The tabernacle, Oko,
A.W. Bibliography. – 429 pages
Volume 4. - Medieval Hebrew:
The Midrash, or Preserved tradition, The
Kabbalah or Secret tradition, Religious poetry, The book Cusari,
The story of a lost race, The great Hebrew Philosophers, The
travels of Benjamin of Tudela, Oko, A.S. Bibliography. – 451
pages
Volume 5. - Ancient Arabia:
The genius of Arabic literature, the hanged poems, the Koran,
Torrey, C.C. Bibliography. – 493 pages
Volume 6. - Medieval Arabic, Moorish, and Turkish:
The sunan, or Holy traditions of
Mohammed, Early history and science, Philosophy and religion,
Romance, The poems of Arabia, Moorish literature: Science and
History, Love poetry of the Spanish Moors; Turkish literature:
Legends and poetry, The travels of Sidi Ali Reis; Torrey, C.C.
Bibliography. – 430 pages
Volume 7. - Ancient Persia:
The Zendavesta, or Persian holy scripture, The empire of Cyrus,
The later religious books, The Pahlavi historical romances, The
final Persian tradition of the past. – 441 pages
Volume 8. - Medieval Persia:
Omar Khayyam, the first great mystic poet,
Nizami, Persia's chief romantic poet, Jalal Ad-din Rumi, the
leader of Sufism, Sadi, the famous poet philosopher, Hafiz, the
"poet of love", Jami, the last great mystic; Jackson, A.V.W.
Bibliography. – 427 pages
Volume 9. - India and Brahmanism:
The Brahmanic books, The Vedas, or Books of
holy knowledge, Later Sanskrit literature; Lanman, C.R.
Bibliography. – 435 pages
Volume 10. - India and Buddhism:
The edicts of Asoka, The earliest suttas or
sacred sayings, The book of the great decease, Later legends of
the life of Gotama, the buddha, The Jataka or birth tale; The
Dhammapada or path of the law, Later teachings; Aiken, C.F.
Bibliography. – 427 pages
Volume 11. - Ancient China:
The king, or ancient classics, the four great books of the
philosophers; Hirth, F. Bibliography. – 437 pages
Volume 12. - Medieval China:
Taoism, Later Taoist texts, Other
religions, History and drama; Hirth, F. Bibliography – 447 pages
Volume 13. - Japan: The
Kojiki, or "records of ancient matters", The Nihongi, or
"chronicles of Japan", The Yengishiki, or Shinto rituals, The
Man-Yoshu, or "myriad leaves", The Kokinshu, or "collection of
odes", Genji Monogatari, the foremost Japanese novel, The
medieval drama of Japan, Basho, the chief Japanese poet, Modern
Buddhism in Japan; Griffis, W.E. bibliography. – 451 pages
Volume 14. - The Great Rejected Books of the Biblical Apocrypha:
The books of Adam and Eve,
The writings attributed to Enoch, The apocalypse of Baruch, The
story of Ahikar, The gospels of Christ's childhood, The gospels
of Nicodemus; Johns, E.H. Bibliography – 422 pages
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