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The text was discovered in Thebes in 1847 by Egyptologist M. Prisse d'Avennes. [2] The Instructions of Ptahhotep are considered didactic wisdom literature belonging to the genre of sebayt . [ 3 ] There are four copies of the Instructions, and the only complete version, Papyrus Prisse , is located in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris . [ 4 ]
The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief is a 2006 book by Francis Collins in which he advocates theistic evolution and describes his conversion to Christianity. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Collins is an American physician - geneticist , noted for his discoveries of disease genes, and his leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP).
[2] [3] The book is significant in that unlike other explications of the Bhagavad Gita, which focused on karma yoga, jnana yoga, and bhakti yoga in relation to the Gita, Yogananda's work stresses the training of one's mind, or raja yoga. [2] The full title of the two-volume work is God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita – Royal Science of ...
The 6th-century philosopher Simplicius, in his Commentary on the work, refers to a letter written by Arrian which prefaced the text. [3] In this letter Arrian stated that the Enchiridion was selected from the Discourses of Epictetus according to what he considered to be most useful, most necessary, and most adapted to move people's minds. [ 4 ]
Ascesis: The Saviors of God (Greek and Latin: Ασκητική. Salvatores dei ) is a series of " spiritual exercises " written by Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis . It was first written between 1922 and 1923, while staying in Vienna and Berlin , and subsequently published in 1927 in the Athenian magazine Anayennisi ( Renaissance ).
The text retains the traditional format of an older man giving advice to a younger man – as the scribe Any, who works in the court of Nefertari, advises his son. [2] However the Instruction of Any is distinguished from earlier works, as its intended audience was the ordinary person rather than the aristocracy.
Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that the human writers and canonizers of the Bible were led by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God. [1] This belief is traditionally associated with concepts of the biblical infallibility and the internal consistency of the Bible. [2]
Knowing God is a book by J. I. Packer, a British-born Canadian Christian theologian. It is his best-known work, having sold over 1,000,000 copies in North America alone. [ 1 ] Originally written as a series of articles for the Evangelical Magazine , it was first published as a book in 1973 and has been reprinted several times.