The Philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
9781009628457 (ISBN)
The Bhagavad Gita is a world classic often considered to be not just the 'Hindu Bible' but sometimes the 'Indian Bible' as well. Over the last two centuries, it has attracted much scholarly attention from Indologists. Ithamar Theodor's bold and revisionist monograph aspires to further develop their scholarship by treating the Gita as a discrete philosophy and by offering a systematic survey of its main topics and doctrines, in so doing emphasising their philosophical potential. A major innovation here is the articulation of the Gita's structure extracted from Vedantic and Yogic pattens of thought, presented in a modern fashion. This centres on the Gita's Vedantic concept of hierarchical reality and its Yogic concept of a ladder. Beyond its overarching philosophical and holistic approach to the Bhagavad Gita, the book addresses major themes such as dharma, rebirth, Yoga and Sankhya, bhakti, the Upanishadic nature of the text, and concepts of divinity.
Ithamar Theodor is Professor of Hindu studies at Zefat Academic College. He also teaches Asian and Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University. A graduate of the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford, and a Life Member of Clare Hall in the University of Cambridge, he is the author of Exploring the Bhagavad-Gita: Philosophy, Structure and Meaning (2010, a Choice Outstanding Academic Title selection and winner of the 2013 DANAM-TakshaShila Book Award for excellence in Indic Studies, also published in six languages); the co-editor (with Zhihua Yao) of Brahman and Dao: Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion (2014); the author of The 'Fifth Veda' of Hinduism: Poetry, Philosophy and Devotion in the Bhagavata Purana (2016); the co-editor (with Yudit Kornberg Greenberg) of Dharma and Halacha: Comparative Studies in Hindu and Jewish Philosophy and Religion (2018); and the editor of The Bhagavad-Gita: A Critical Introduction (2021).
Acknowledgements; 1. Applying a philosophical approach; 2. Dharma, karma-yoga and dharma-yoga; 3. Rebirth in the Bhagavad-Gītā; 4. Yoga in the Bhagavad-Gītā; 5. Sāṅkhya in the Bhagavad-Gītā; 6. Jñāna and the Upaniṣadic nature of the Bhagavad-Gītā; 7. Bhakti in the Bhagavad-Gītā; 8. Concepts of Divinity in the Bhagavad-Gītā; 9. The Bhagavad-Gita's educational doctrine; 10. Glossary; 11. Bibliography; 12. Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.11.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 457 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| ISBN-13 | 9781009628457 / 9781009628457 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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