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The Bible and Asia

From the Pre-Christian Era to the Postcolonial Age [Hardback]

by R. S. Sugirtharajah

    • Author

      R. S. Sugirtharajah

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Harvard University Press

    • Published

      January 2021

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    The Bible and Asia

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    Product Description

    Though the Bible is a product of West Asia, its influence on Europe and the Americas has received far more attention than its complex career in the East. R. S. Sugirtharajah corrects this imbalance with an expansive new study of Asia's subversive and idiosyncratic relationship with the Bible. This is the story of missionaries, imperialists, exegetes, reformers, and nationalists who molded Biblical texts according to their own needs in order to influence religion, politics, and daily life from India to China. When the Bible reached east and south Asia in the third century CE, its Christian scriptures already bore traces of Asian commodities and Indian moral stories. In China, the Bible merged with the teachings of Buddha and Lao Tzu to produce the Jesus Sutras. As he recounts the history of how Christianity was influenced by other Asian religions, Sugirtharajah deftly highlights the controversial issue of Buddhist and Vedic influence on Biblical religion. Once used to justify European rule in Asia, the Bible has also served to promote the spiritual salvation of women, outcasts, and untouchables. The Bible has left a literary mark on Asia in two ways: through its influence on Asian writers and through the reinvigoration of modern Asian vernaculars when proselytizing missionaries introduced Western print culture to the East.

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    • Author

      R. S. Sugirtharajah

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Harvard University Press

    • Published

      January 2021

    • Weight

      473g

    • Page Count

      280

    • Dimensions

      148 x 216 x 28 mm

    • ISBN

      9780674049079

    • ISBN-10

      0674049071

    • Eden Code

      4263434

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    • Author/Creator: R. S. Sugirtharajah

    • ISBN: 9780674049079

    • Publisher: Harvard University Press

    • Release Date: January 2021

    • Weight: 473g

    • Dimensions: 148 x 216 x 28 mm

    • Eden Code: 4263434

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