Passwords to paradise : how languages have re-invented the world's religions /: how languages have re-invented the world's religions. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nicholas Oster.
• Authors: Ostler, Nicholas
• Contents: The great bonds of humanity : languages and faiths -- Scattered jades : a Mexican Virgin Mary -- On ass's lip, and a great conveyance : the Buddha taken north -- "Fine words are not trusty" : Aryan vehicle on road into Chinese -- "To deep of lip and heavy of tongue" : from Galilee to the Gentile -- "In this sigh you will conquer" : chosen by emperors -- "Every man heard ... his own language" : one Christ, many tongues? -- "Proclaiming the Good News" : with Christ into northern Europe -- "Adze-headed across the sea" : white martyrdom -- The Savior as our chieftain : the Gospel of the war band -- "Listen, all ye Slavs" : orthodoxy rejects trilingualism -- Conversion by the book : the faith reinforced in Latin America -- Gloria Tlatoani : Christian literature among the Indios -- Extirpación de idiomas? : asserting monolingualism -- "Back to the sources" : God's Word and translation -- God and language beyond imitation : one enough -- The enduring marks of language conversions.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color), maps
• Subjects: 428.6; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Language and languages -- Religious aspects; Historical linguistics; Historical linguistics; Language and languages -- Religious aspects; History -- General; Religion -- History; General & world history; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781620405178; 1620405172
• Related ISBNs: 9781620405154; 1620405156; 1620405172
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.