"Clear as God's Words?"-Dealing with Ambiguities in the Bible

The article explores uncertainty and ambiguity in terms of decision-making in Bible. Topics discussed include uncertainty with regard to a particular event, that one can assign it some subjective probability based on believe; theory of cognitive dissonance, the internal discord felt from holding con...

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Main Author: Oeming, Manfred 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2017
In: Cross currents
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 4, Pages: 696-704
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible / Word of God / Ambiguity
IxTheo Classification:FA Theology
HA Bible
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Decision Making
B Biblical Studies
B Cognitive Dissonance
B theory of knowledge
B CRITERION (Theory of knowledge)
B Ambiguity
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