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Briefly describes the history of hymns and gathers selections based on the New Testament the Psalms the Apocrypha the Gnostic scriptures and Latin hymns
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That the earliest followers of Jesus wrote poetry hymns and odes is evident already in the New Testament This volume is a translation of The Odes of Solomon a collection of early Christian hymns or odes some are obviously Christian others perhaps Jewish The beauty of these poems is a tribute to the depth of spirituality in early communities of Christians some of whom were perhaps also Jews or converted Jews Professor Charlesworth offers an inviting introduction and a translation of this work that is both engaging and true to the original languages The Index of Ancient Sources provides the reader access to the wide range of references in the notes
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That the earliest followers of Jesus wrote poetry hymns and odes is evident already in the New Testament This volume is a translation of The Odes of Solomon a collection of early Christian hymns or odes some are obviously Christian others perhaps Jewish The beauty of these poems is a tribute to the depth of spirituality in early communities of Christians some of whom were perhaps also Jews or converted Jews Professor Charlesworth offers an inviting introduction and a translation of this work that is both engaging and true to the original languages The Index of Ancient Sources provides the reader access to the wide range of references in the notes
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The first translation with commentary of the earliest and most important hymns to Egyptian goddess Isis
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How I wept at your hymns and songs keenly moved by the sweetsounding voices of your church wrote the recently converted Augustine in his Confessions Christians from the earliest period consecrated the hours of the day and the sacred calendar liturgical seasons and festivals of saints This volume collects one hundred of the most important and beloved Late Antique and Medieval Latin hymns from Western EuropeThese religious voices span a geographical range that stretches from Ireland through France to Spain and Italy They meditate on the ineffable from Passion to Paradise in love and trembling and praise The authors represented here range from Ambrose in the late fourth century ce down to Bonaventure in the thirteenth The texts cover a broad gamut in their poetic forms and meters Although often the music has not survived most of them would have been sung Some of them have continued to inspire composers such as the great thirteenthcentury hymns the Stabat mater and Dies irae
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Many of the earliest books particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive We are republishing these classic works in affordable high quality modern editions using the original text and artwork
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on The Homeric Hymns Dunquin Series sold at 28.66 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Boers translation nominated for the National Book Award has established itself like no other This book over 2000 years old gives the earliest depiction of the divinities as individuals and evokes the Greek mythic imagination Scrupulously faithful to every line of the Homeric text the language sings and moves evoking the mythic imagination of the Gods and Goddesses in a manner rarely captured before By avoiding the conventions of academic style Boers verse provides the ancient world as a fresh and stunning experience
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William Clayton is best remembered today for his hymns especially Come Come Ye Saints But as one of the earliest Latterday Saint scribes he made intellectual as well as artistic contributions to his church and his records have been silently incorporated into official Mormon scripture and history Of equal significance are his personal impressions of daytoday activities which describe a social and religious world largely unfamiliar to modern readersIn ministering to the sick for instance Clayton anointed with perfumed oil and rum He performed baptisms to heal the sick Church services held irregularly were referred to as going to meeting and seemed to be elective He testifies of people speaking in tongues and of others almost speaking in tongues When introduced to plural marriage he was reluctant but eventually became one of its most enthusiastic proponents marrying ten women and fathering fortytwo childrenSince polygamy was initially secret Clayton spent much of his time putting out the fires of innuendo and discontent He caught his first plural wife rendezvousing with her former fiancé later when she became pregnant her motherhis unaware motherinlawwas so overwrought that she attempted suicide Joseph Smith reassured him Just keep her at home and brook it and if they raise trouble about it and bring you before me I will give you an awful scourging and probably cut you off from the church and then I will set you ahead as good as ever Clayton was also the object of Emma Smiths attentions allegedly part of a jealous wifes plan to make a cuckold of her errant husband
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The Rig Veda the earliest sacred text of the ancient IndoEuropeans includes dozens of hymns in praise of this psychedelic plant which when drunk takes its subjects to the realm of the gods But in the later Hindu tradition soma is declared to have been lost and its use abandoned The botanical identity of soma remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of the ancient world Blue Tide tells the story of the search for soma and uses a diverse range of approachestravel and ethnography science and narrative history detective story and firstperson drug experiencesto examine the question of its nature and identity The search takes the author from drug rituals in Brazilian churches to the high Indus Valley in the Himalayas In doing so it sheds light not just on the identity of soma but on the broader mystery of the original relationship between psychedelic drugs and religion Both claim to offer the key to experiencing the divine and their histories are characterized by struggle and conflict
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This groundbreaking anthology presents the spiritual life of women throughout history as recorded in their poems prayers and songs Beginning with the hymns of the worlds earliest identified author a Sumerian moon priestess and continuing to the first half of the twentieth century it draws from the major religious traditions of East and West as well as from several indigenous cultures Among the seventy women included are mystics and healers spiritual teachers and mothers saints and rebels freed slaves and queens each of whom forged a unique way to an authentic voice and genuine spiritual awakening Their words and stories and the editors insightful commentaries illuminate fundamental themes of spiritual life that resonate across time culture and gender as well as issues particular to women in their quest for a viable spiritual path This collection of luminous and inspiring poems many in new translations will be for readers both female and male a rich and enduring sourcebook of spiritual life
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The discovery in 1936 of a complete MS of Mātrcetas Hymn of 150 Verses previously known only from fragments in Tibetan and Chinese translations was an important addition to Sanskrit literature The Hymn is one of the earliest of Buddhist Sanskrit poems it was once famous in the Buddhist world and for many centuries held unequalled popularity among Northern Buddhists It is also the only known survivor of works attributed to Mātrceta an author whose personality is one of the puzzles of Indian literary history Shackleton Bailey has edited his own English version and notes the original text together with Tibetan and Chinese translations His introduction was the first critical study of the work first published in 1951
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The Rig Veda the earliest sacred text of the ancient IndoEuropeans includes dozens of hymns in praise of this psychedelic plant which when drunk takes its subjects to the realm of the gods But in the later Hindu tradition soma is declared to have been lost and its use abandoned The botanical identity of soma remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of the ancient world Blue Tide tells the story of the search for soma and uses a diverse range of approachestravel and ethnography science and narrative history detective story and firstperson drug experiencesto examine the question of its nature and identity The search takes the author from drug rituals in Brazilian churches to the high Indus Valley in the Himalayas In doing so it sheds light not just on the identity of soma but on the broader mystery of the original relationship between psychedelic drugs and religion Both claim to offer the key to experiencing the divine and their histories are characterized by struggle and conflict
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Though the oldest poetry of the Americas may have been composed before Caedmons Hymn ca 680 the earliest known English poem the languages and literatures of Native American peoples have only recently begun to receive the critical attention they demandIn this book twentythree scholars in linguistics folklore English and anthropologyamong them Dennis Tedlock John Bierhorst Dell Hymes Judith Berman Miguel LeonPortilla and Louise M Burkhartprovide a working introduction to the history methods and problems of translating Native American literatures Reviewing early translations the contributors discuss the difficulties in working with oral literature and a vast diversity of languages Other essays analyze translations of North Central and South American songs and stories from Boass Kwakwala texts to Papago legalese and modern YucatecMaya oral literatureApproaching Native American literatures from a perspective both practical and theoretical this collection seeks to find the meeting point between literature and the social sciences
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The discovery in 1936 of a complete MS of Mātrcetas Hymn of 150 Verses previously known only from fragments in Tibetan and Chinese translations was an important addition to Sanskrit literature The Hymn is one of the earliest of Buddhist Sanskrit poems it was once famous in the Buddhist world and for many centuries held unequalled popularity among Northern Buddhists It is also the only known survivor of works attributed to Mātrceta an author whose personality is one of the puzzles of Indian literary history Shackleton Bailey has edited his own English version and notes the original text together with Tibetan and Chinese translations His introduction was the first critical study of the work first published in 1951
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The Rgvidhana ascribed to Saunaka is the earliest manual of magic or magicreligious rites and practices anticipating the later tantric rites It employs hymns parts of hymns and even verses from the Rgveda for those who are desirous of attaining the four aims of human existence with least effort
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The earliest known author of written literature was a woman named Enheduanna who lived in ancient Mesopotamia around 2300 BCE High Priestess to the moon god Nanna Enheduanna came to venerate the goddess Inanna above all gods in the Sumerian pantheon The hymns she wrote to Inanna constitute the earliest written portrayal of an ancient goddess In their celebration of Enheduannas relationship with Inanna they also represent the first existing account of an individuals consciousness of her inner lifeThis book provides the complete texts of Enheduannas hymns to Inanna skillfully and beautifully rendered by Betty De Shong Meador who also discusses how the poems reflect Enheduannas own spiritual and psychological liberation from being an obedient daughter in the shadow of her ruler father Meador frames the poems with background information on the religious and cultural systems of ancient Mesopotamia and the known facts of Enheduannas life With this information she explores the role of Inanna as the archetypal feminine the first goddess who encompasses both the celestial and the earthly and shows forth the full scope of womens potential
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