Exploring the Bhagavad Gita

Prize: Winner, DANAM-TakshaShila Book Award for excellence in Indic Studies, 2013. Prize: Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011 This is potentially one of the most significant books to emerge in recent times on how to read the Gita, for it provides a clear way forward to make coherent sense of one of the most important yet methodologically intractable texts of religious Hinduism. I found this book an illumining experience. Julius Lipner, University of Cambridge, UK A fascinating book which throws new light on the Gita, and should help to make it more accessible to those who wish to read this great spiritual classic. Keith Ward, University of Oxford, UK Ithamar Theodor approaches the ancient Bhagavad Gita with a modern mind and finds much in it that deserves our attention. Locating his study within Comparative Theology and identifying the various layers of meaning in the text will help those unacquainted with it to find their way through this complex classic. Combining the philosophical-theoretical with the ethical-practical the author shows the universal relevance of the Gita's teaching. Since Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan nobody has offered as penetrating a study of this classic as Ithamar Theodor has done. Klaus Klostermaier, University of Manitoba, Canada 'Theodor wrote with a fine mind and a great heart, both of which are essential for delving into this ancient work's profound teachings. A fine glossary, bibliography, and index enhance the book's value. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' Choice ’Theodor’s study, translation, and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita is destined to assume an important place in the scholarship devoted to the epic text. This necessarily means that future scholars will have to consider Theodor’s study or be considered deficient in their scholarship. In summary, Theodor gives his reader much to admire, think about, and appreciate.’ Journal of Hindu Studies ’Theodor’s most unique and compelling contribution in t