The Making of Sikh Scripture

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

AvGurinder Singh Mann,University of California at Santa Barbara) Mann, Gurinder Singh (Professor of Sikh Studies, Professor of Sikh Studies

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The Adi Granth ('original book'), the primary scripture of the Sikhs, comprises approximately 3,000 hymns. Although the authorship of the hymns is well recorded, the history of the compilaiton of the Adi Granth - the creation of the Sikh 'canon' - is the subject of considerable speculation and debate. In this book, Gurinder Mann attempts to construct a comprehensive picture of the making of Sikh scripture, drawing on the recently discovered early manuscriots as well as the extensive secondary literature on the topic. His findings on some key issues differ from the traditional Sikh position and from the hypotheses of the other 20th-century scholars, as well as raising some entirely fresh questions. Mann's revised and expanded picture of the history of the text and institution of Sikh scripture will be of interest not only to scholars of Sikhism and Sikh religionists, but to scholars of comparative canon formation.

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Utgivningsdatum2001-05-24
Mått236 x 161 x 19 mm
Vikt435 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780195130249

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