The Portable World Bible
The Portable World Bible by Various, published by Penguin on January 27, 1977, is a comprehensive collection that presents the fundamental tenets of the world’s major source religions. This edition, comprising 624 pages, offers contemporary readers concise and authoritative translations of religious thought, focusing on the essence of spirituality and faith without the distractions of stories, history, or ceremonial details.
Readers will find a thoughtful arrangement of religious principles that address modern man’s quest for ultimate truths and values. The work, edited by Robert O. Ballou, aims to provide clarity and simplicity in its presentation, making it a resource for those interested in comparative religion and spirituality. The Portable World Bible serves as a source of poetic and ethical inspiration, appealing to both the mind and spirit.
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The Portable World Bible presents the fundamental tenets of the world’s basic source religions. Contemporary readers are offered, in concise, authoritative translations, the religious thought of the ages, selected, interpreted, and arranged in view of modern man’s quest for ultimate truths and values. Robert O. Ballou, the volume’s editor, has omitted mere stories, history, and ceremonial detail; what remains in every case is the essence of religion, set down with a clarity and simplicity never before achieved. The Portable World Bible is an unparalleled work of poetic and ethical inspiration, a book that makes a deep appeal to the mind and spirit.
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