Rethinking scripture: essays from a comparative perspective
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Format: | Print Book |
Language: | English |
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Albany, NY
State University of New York Press
c1989
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In: | Year: 1989 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Holy books
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Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Sacred Books History and criticism |
Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index Complete Contents : Introduction : Rethinking scripture / Miriam Levering -- The study of religion and the study of the Bible / Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Scripture as form and concept : Their emergence for the Western world / Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Scripture and its reception : A Buddhist case / Miriam Levering -- "Scripture" in India : Towards a typology of the word in Hindu life / Thomas B. Coburn -- Scripture as spoken word / William A. Graham -- The "canons" of "scripture" / Kendall A. Folkert -- The Bride of Israel : The ontological status of scripture in the rabbinic and kabbalistic traditions / Barbara A. Holdrege |
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ISBN: | 0887066135 |