Rethinking scripture: essays from a comparative perspective

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Contributors: Levering, Miriam (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany, NY State University of New York Press c1989
In:Year: 1989
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Holy books
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Sacred Books History and criticism
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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
ISBN:0887066135