good book on early Vedic period?

[George Thompson]

Thank you, Dominik, for correcting me on this.  So perhaps I can
attach a brief review of Staal's book for those list members who might
have an interest in it, but who might not be able to access it? This
attachment is small, but it includes a few other brief book reviews
that I was asked to write at the same time that I wrote the review of
Staal's book.  My online access to these reviews is limited because I
cannot afford to subscribe to the journal where they were published,
but I was able to download these reviews as a bundle.

List members from India and other countries who might not have easy
access to  American and European journals may find it helpful to see
this attachment.

I don't know whether it is legal for me to post files of my own
reviews to this list that are under copyright to others [i.e., the
journals].

I will leave it to Dominik and his co-moderators to stop this email if
I am doing something wrong here.

In any case, I do enthusiastically urge all list members who have not
read Staal's book to read it!

George Thompson



On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Dominik Wujastyk <wujastyk at gmail.com> wrote:
> yes, you can send attachments to the list, but there's an upper limit on
> size.  1MB or 2MB, I can't recall.
>
> Best,
> Dominik
>
> On 4 February 2012 20:00, George Thompson <gthomgt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> A few minutes ago I sent a private message to Dean making the same
>> recommendation. I sent it to Dean alone because I added a few private,
>> personal, notes to him, as well as a brief review of Staal's book that
>> I had written for JAOS.  I think that we still are unable to send
>> attachments to the list, right?
>>
>> George
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 1:51 PM,  <mkapstei at uchicago.edu> wrote:
>> >>Dear Dean,
>> >>
>> >>You might wish to take a look at Frits Staal's
>> >>Discovering the Vedas (Penguin).
>> >>
>> >>I'm no specialist in this area, so my assessment is
>> >>not based on particular knowledge of Vedic studies,
>> >>but I find it to be far and away the most readable and - for
>> >>one who is not specialized here - intellectually
>> >>stimulating treatment of
>> >>the Vedic tradition that I have encountered.
>> >>
>> >>Matthew T. Kapstein
>> >>Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
>> >>The University of Chicago Divinity School
>> >>Directeur d'études
>> >>Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris
>> >>
>
>
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