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# The World's Wisdom: Sacred Texts of the World's Religions – Authentic Poetic Translations with Insightful Introductions from Eight Traditions

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Review: A bridge between ancient, sacred traditions and contemporary seekers - Purchased for a college class in World Religions. Basically, "The World's Wisdom" provides a bridge between ancient, sacred traditions and contemporary seekers, focusing on creating a connection between the lasting importance of spiritual wisdom across cultures.
Review: Outstanding! - I wanted a book on the basics of the world’s most dominant religions and their sacred texts. This is really great and besides selections of important sacred texts of each religion, the reader is given a very basic overview of the specific religion. It is very well organized. EXACTLY what I was looking for!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #22,386 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in History of Hinduism #16 in Comparative Religion (Books) #26 in Religion Encyclopedias |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (567) |
| Dimensions  | 5.31 x 1.01 x 8 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 0060663421 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0060663421 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 425 pages |
| Publication date  | January 1, 1994 |
| Publisher  | HarperOne |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A bridge between ancient, sacred traditions and contemporary seekers
*by M***T on December 22, 2025*

Purchased for a college class in World Religions. Basically, "The World's Wisdom" provides a bridge between ancient, sacred traditions and contemporary seekers, focusing on creating a connection between the lasting importance of spiritual wisdom across cultures.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Outstanding!
*by D***E on July 24, 2024*

I wanted a book on the basics of the world’s most dominant religions and their sacred texts. This is really great and besides selections of important sacred texts of each religion, the reader is given a very basic overview of the specific religion. It is very well organized. EXACTLY what I was looking for!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A tremendous and affordable little book.
*by E***D on October 30, 2009*

To begin, Novak assembled this book as a compendium to accompany Huston Smith's book on world religions, so you may want to give both of them a shot at the same time, reading Novak's sections after the corresponding Smith sections. Concerning the book itself, it is a fantastic collection of original sources and it looks like you can get a used copy + shipping for less than $10. For me, that says a lot. Concerning what was selected, there is no doubt that Novak put some serious effort in selecting what he did. The reader will get a very nice exposure to many elements within each religious tradition. However, the translations chosen are not so impressive, but there may be issues beyond the author's control here, so I cannot fault him too much. For example, the Dao Dejing was translated by Stephen Mitchell, who did an alright job, but his is hardly considered to be the authoritative translation. The good news is that it is nearly published in it entirety! On a similar positive note, the citations in the back are often quite informative. With a flip to the back, you will be brought to the original source. Now, I don't want to say that this book is showing its age, but many of the sources seem a bit dated. My suspicion is that this was how the price of the book was kept to a minimum. Also, in the last fourteen years since this was published, a lot of good translation work has come from Chinese philosophy. I worry that some of the older translations may give false impressions as to the state of the research today. With this book, you have to take the good with the bad, and the best part seems to be the affordability. You will not be able to find a collection as thorough as this for anywhere near the price.

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