Soul Invictus

I bought the CD from this site and was wondering what those who have a familiarity with religious history and/or studies thought about the content on this disk. I often refer to this site, and thought I'd get the disk as it would be more convenient than probing through the website.

Please advise

DrJim

It seems to have way too much stuff for a quick comment on the value of together. Some of the material, of course, is quite dated, but that is to be expected. I noted some rather more recent articles. One good sign, however, is that every title I checked had all the proper information about the original publication and so forth, and it does not sound like the compiler is fiddling wiht the materials.

I think the value of the package will be in what you do with it, and there its limitations will be revealed to. For online discusions, your own education and so forth, I think you may be onto something good. I would not try to do a term paper on ancient Near Eastern myth for a University course based on these sources, hwoever. Too much has been learned in the past several decades since those books were produced. Also, ancient manuscripts are always one-off affairs, no two are alike,. Without the academic aparatus about which scroll, tablet or whatever is used, or how gaps in the text were filled in and so forth, a university level paper will be far less informed than it should be! Also, a lot of interpretations about ancient material have changed dramatically. Yet, for regular discusions they will probably do fine, and if the convenience factor is there, then you may feel justified in spending the money.

On the other hand, I noted some early 20th century Japanese writers and the like, and so the collection could really be interesting. I noted the Bible collection has a Jewish Publication Society translation. Most collections of Bibles online stick to Christian translations. There is an abridgment of the Talmud too. Not bad, I would say!


I guess my advice would be to be happy with the investment and learn as much as you can. Do be aware that some of the ideas you get from the literature may be subject to correction (and perhaps has been for years now). Yet, there is a lot there that is pretty substantial, too.


Do you have time to read it all?


JR Linville
Religious Studies
University of Lethbridge

MysteryProf

Well, I do papers on religion for school all the time and this site is one of my favorite resources. It's obviously not the one and only religious studies source or anything, but the collection is great and should be useful to you on multiple occasions. I highly recommend it.

~MysteryProf

Soul Invictus

That's good to know that they document sources well.

On the other hand, I noted some early 20th century Japanese writers and the like, and so the collection could really be interesting. I noted the Bible collection has a Jewish Publication Society translation. Most collections of Bibles online stick to Christian translations. There is an abridgment of the Talmud too. Not bad, I would say!

Possibly you could PM me some of your religious studies links/sources?

I guess my advice would be to be happy with the investment and learn as much as you can. Do be aware that some of the ideas you get from the literature may be subject to correction (and perhaps has been for years now). Yet, there is a lot there that is pretty substantial, too.

I will keep this in mind.

Do you have time to read it all?

Naturally, no!