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Comparative mythology and religion

Chips from a German Workshop, Volume 1: Essays on the Science of Religion

F. Max Müller1867Vol. 1 of 5
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Volume 1 of this influential series compiles Müller's early essays on the 'science of religion,' a field he essentially founded. He uses linguistic and historical analysis to compare the sacred texts of various cultures, arguing that all religions share a common root in the 'perception of the infinite' as expressed through language and myth.

Also known asEssays on the Science of Religion
This edition1867
EditionLongmans, Green, and Co., London
Comparative ReligionHistory of ReligionsReligionComparative Mythologyritual documentationComparative study of religious phenomenaEvolution of religious thoughtPhilologyPhilological Study of ReligionMax Müller's Science of ReligionComparative Mythology (Scholarly)

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Comparative Religion

Comparative religion texts on ritual, myth, sacrifice, belief, ancient religion, and cross-cultural theories of sacred practice.

Comparative Mythology

Comparative mythology texts on gods, hero cycles, symbolic patterns, classical myth, Indo-European myth, and cross-cultural mythic structures.

Contents57 chapters

  1. 01CHIPS FROM A GERMAN WORKSHOP.
  2. 02MAX MÜLLER, M.A.
  3. 03FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD.
  4. 04VOLUME I.
  5. 05Essays on the Science of Religion.
  6. 06LONDON
  7. 07LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 1867
  8. 08To the Memory
  9. 09OF
  10. 10BARON BUNSEN,
  11. 11MY FRIEND AND BENEFACTOR.
  12. 12PREFACE.
  13. 13FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME.
  15. 15I. LECTURE ON THE VEDAS
  16. 16OR THE
  17. 17SACRED BOOKS OF THE BRAHMANS,[8]
  18. 18DELIVERED AT THE
  19. 19PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTION, LEEDS, March, 1865.
  20. 20FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21II. CHRIST AND OTHER MASTERS.[31]
  22. 22FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23III. THE VEDA AND ZEND-AVESTA. THE VEDA.
  24. 24THE ZEND-AVESTA.
  25. 25FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26IV. THE AITAREYA-BRÂHMANA.[40]
  27. 27FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28V.
  29. 29ON THE STUDY
  30. 30OF THE
  31. 31ZEND-AVESTA IN INDIA.[45]
  32. 32FOOTNOTES:
  33. 33VI. PROGRESS OF ZEND SCHOLARSHIP.[47]
  34. 34FOOTNOTES:
  35. 35VII. GENESIS AND THE ZEND-AVESTA.[49]
  36. 36FOOTNOTES:
  37. 37VIII. THE MODERN PARSIS.[50] I.
  38. 38II.
  39. 39FOOTNOTES:
  40. 40IX. BUDDHISM.[52]
  41. 41FOOTNOTES:
  42. 42X. BUDDHIST PILGRIMS.[66]
  43. 43FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44XI. THE MEANING OF NIRVÂNA.
  45. 45FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46XII. CHINESE TRANSLATIONS
  47. 47OF
  48. 48SANSKRIT TEXTS.[91]
  49. 49FOOTNOTES:
  50. 50XIII. THE WORKS OF CONFUCIUS.[92]
  51. 51FOOTNOTES:
  52. 52XIV. POPOL VUH.
  53. 53FOOTNOTES:
  54. 54XV. SEMITIC MONOTHEISM.[100]
  55. 55FOOTNOTES:
  56. 56THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
  57. 57"Cover"

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