Chips from a German Workshop Volume 1 is a collection of essays written by the renowned German philologist and orientalist, Friedrich Max M ller. The book comprises a series of lectures delivered by M ller at the University of Oxford, where he held the position of Professor of Comparative Philology. The essays cover a wide range of topics, including language, mythology, religion, and literature. M ller's approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from philology, anthropology, and history to shed light on ...
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Chips from a German Workshop Volume 1 is a collection of essays written by the renowned German philologist and orientalist, Friedrich Max M ller. The book comprises a series of lectures delivered by M ller at the University of Oxford, where he held the position of Professor of Comparative Philology. The essays cover a wide range of topics, including language, mythology, religion, and literature. M ller's approach is interdisciplinary, drawing on insights from philology, anthropology, and history to shed light on the cultural and intellectual history of Europe and Asia. The book is written in a scholarly style, but is accessible to a general audience interested in the history of ideas. It is an important work in the field of comparative religion and linguistics, and remains a valuable resource for scholars and students today.1873. Essays on the Science of Religion by the famous linguist, Max Muller, who was the editor and of The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, with translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The work also provided the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. Contents: Lecture on the Vedas, or the Sacred Books of the Brahmans; Christ and Other Masters; The Veda and Zend-Avesta; The Aitareya-Brahmana; On the Study of the Zend-Avesta in India; Progress of Zend Scholarship; Genesis and the Zend-Avesta; The Modern Parsis; Buddhism; Buddhist Pilgrims; The Meaning of Nirvana; Chinese Translations of Sanskrit Texts; The Works of Confucius; Popol Vuh; and Semitic Monotheism. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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