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- Between Jerusalem and Benares: Comparative Studies in Judaism and Hinduism
- Book
- 1994
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
This book stands at the crossroads between Jerusalem and Benares and opens a long awaited conversation between two ancient religious traditions. It represents the first serious attempt by a group of eminent scholars of Judaic and Indian studies to take seriously the cross-cultural resonances among the Judaic and Hindu traditions. The essays in the first part of the volume explore the historical connections and influences between the two traditions, including evidence of borrowed elements and the adaptation of Jewish Indian communities to Hindu culture. The essays in the second part focus primarily on resonances between particular conceptual complexes and practices in the two traditions, including comparative analyses of representations of Veda and Torah, legal formulations of dharma and halakhah, and conceptions of union with the Divine in Hindu Tantra and Kabbalah.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 4 Abraham and the Upanishads
- pp. 33-40
- 9 From Dharma to Law
- pp. 181-194
- 10 Union and Unity in Hindu Tantrism
- pp. 195-222
- 11 Union and Unity in Kabbalah
- pp. 223-242
- Contributors
- pp. 267-268
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438404370
MARC Record
OCLC
834142732
Pages
344
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No