Recent Research and Debates in Adi Granth Studies
Recent debates in Adi Granth studies have exposed two divergent approaches on the process of canon formation in the Sikh tradition. The first approach stresses a linear process that began with a single source and then diversified into separate textual strands with minor variations that we encounter...
| Published in: | Religion compass |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2008
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Religion compass
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| Summary: | Recent debates in Adi Granth studies have exposed two divergent approaches on the process of canon formation in the Sikh tradition. The first approach stresses a linear process that began with a single source and then diversified into separate textual strands with minor variations that we encounter in the available manuscripts of the Adi Granth. The second approach lays emphasis on the development of ‘independent’ textual traditions in different geographical areas in isolation from one another in the process of repeated copying and correction over generation of scribal activity. The present article offers an analysis of a new source, the Bhai Rupa Pothi (book), highlighting the third alternative of the ‘theory of working drafts’ prepared under the direct supervision of Guru Arjan. |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8171 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion compass
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2008.00115.x |