Between Jerusalem and Benares comparative studies in Judaism and Hinduism / [electronic resource] : edited by Hananya Goodman. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994. - 1 online resource (xiii, 344 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-338) and index.

Love and hate of Hinduism in the work of Jewish scholars / Lexical borrowings in biblical Hebrew from Indian languages as carriers of ideas and technical concepts / Abraham and the Upanishads / Between Jews and Greeks : the Indian model / Hindu response to the written Torah / Yom Kippur : the festival of closing the doors / Veda and Torah : the Word embodied in scripture / From dharma to law / Union and unity in Hindu Tantrism / Union and unity in Kabbalah / Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Sri Aurobindo : towards a comparison / Wendy Doniger -- Chaim Rabin -- David Flusser -- Francis Schmidt -- D. Dennis Hudson -- Shalva Weil -- Barbara A. Holdrege -- Bernard S. Jackson -- Elizabeth Chalier-Visuvalingam -- Charles Mopsik -- Margaret Chatterjee.

9781438404370 (electronic bk.) 1438404379 (electronic bk.)


Judaism--Relations--Hinduism.
Hinduism--Relations--Judaism.
Jodendom.
Hindoeïsme.
Hinduismus.
Judentum.
RELIGION / Judaism / Theology


Electronic books.

BM536.H5 / B47 1994eb

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