The Making of Sikh Scripture
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195130243
ISBN-13
9780195130249
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 24th, 2001
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
458 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 23.70 x 2.00 cms
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SikhismSacred texts
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The Adi Granth - the primary scripture of the Sikhs - comprises approximately 3000 hymns. This work attempts to construct a comprehensive picture of the making of Sikh "canon", drawing on the recently discovered early manuscripts as well as the extensive secondary literature on the topic.
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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