Believing is Seeing: Vision as Metaphor
“If vision as a metaphor‘works’ it must do so because the making of metaphors is itself a genuine mode of vision … In Scripture as in Christian worship, revelation is strongly linked to vision, not only as light coming from a distant source but with constant reference to the power of seeing itself …...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1979
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Theology today
Year: 1979, Volume: 35, Issue: 4, Pages: 405-412 |
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| Summary: | “If vision as a metaphor‘works’ it must do so because the making of metaphors is itself a genuine mode of vision … In Scripture as in Christian worship, revelation is strongly linked to vision, not only as light coming from a distant source but with constant reference to the power of seeing itself … climaxed by the Fourth Gospel's claim that‘the true light which enlightens every man’ is coming into the world.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057367903500403 |