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The sacred books and early literature of the East; with an historical survey and descriptions
Jastrow, Morris. Babylonia and Assyria: The tales of Babylon that
survived its fall; Earth's Coldest language: the Sumerian Texts in the Akkadian, or oledst Semitic tongue, The writings
of Hammurapi, The creation epic, The epic of Gilgamesh and the goddess Ishtar, Other religious legends, Moral and
philosophical texts, The Tel-El-Amarna letters, Records of the conquering kings, Prayers and magic incantations,
Nebuchadrezzar and Belshazzar.
Breasted, J.H. Egypt: The earliest Egyptian remains, The secret pyramid
texts, Biography, travel, and romance, The precepts of Ptah-Hotep, Religious and semi-historic texts, Tales of romance
and travel, The book of the dead, Egypt's holy scripture, Hymns to the One Universal God, The religion of the poor in
ancient Egypt, History and legend under the great empire, Egypt's chief epic poem, Tales of romance and travel, The book
of the breaths of life, Romances.
Ancient Hebrew: The earliest remains, The Mishna or elder talmud, The
Gemara, or younger talmud, The Haggada or Tales and traditions of the talmud, The Halacha, or Rules of the law, The
tabernacle, Oko, A.W. Bibliography.
Medieval Hebrew: The Midrash, or Preserved tradition, The Kabbalah or
Secret tradition, Religious poetry, The book Cusari, The story of a lost race, The great Hebrew Philosophers, The travels
of Benjamin of Tudela, Oko, A.S. Bibliography.
Ancient Arabia: The genius of Arabic literature, The hanged poems, The
koran, Torrey, C.C. Bibliography.
Medieval Arabic, Moorish, and Turkish: The sunan, or Holy traditions of
Mohammed, Early history and science, Philosophy and religion, Romance, The poems of Arabia, Moorish literature: Science
and History, Love poetry of the Spanish Moors; Turkish literature: Legends and poetry, The travels of Sidi Ali Reis;
Torrey, C.C. Bibliography.
Ancient Persia: The Zendavesta, or Persian holy scripture, The empire of
Cyrus, The later religious books, The Pahlavi historical romances, The final Persian tradition of the past.
Medieval Persia: Omar Khayyam, the first great mystic poet, Nizami,
Persia's chief romantic poet, Jalal Ad-din Rumi, the leader of Sufism, Sadi, the famous poet philosopher, Hafiz, the
"poet of love", Jami, the last great mystic; Jackson, A.V.W. Bibliography.
India and Brahmanism: The Brahmanic books, The Vedas, or Books of holy
knowledge, Later Sanskrit literature; Lanman, C.R. Bibliography.
India and Buddhism: The edicts of Asoka, The earliest suttas or sacred
sayings, The book of the great decease, Later legends of the life of Gotama, the buddha, The Jataka or birth tale; The
Dhammapada or path of the law, Later teachings; Aiken, C.F. Bibliography.
Ancient China: The king, or ancient classics, The four great books of the
philosophers; Hirth, F. Bibliography.
Taoism, Later taoist texts, Other religions, History and drama; Hirth, F.
Bibliography.
Japan: The Kojiki, or "records of ancient matters", The Nihongi, or
"chronicles of Japan", The Yengishiki, or Shinto rituals, The Man-Yoshu, or "myriad leaves", The Kokinshu, or "collection
of odes", Genji Monogatari, the foremost Japanese novel, The medieval dramaa of Japan, Basho, the chief Japanese poet,
Modern Buddhism in Japan; Griffis, W.E. bibliography.
The great rejected books of the biblical apocrypha: The books of Adam and
Eve, The writings attributed to Enoch, The apocalypse of Baruch, The story of Ahikar, The gospels of Christ's childhood,
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