How to Determine the Meaning of a Sacred Text Cases and Methodologies. [electronic resource] :
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (358 p.)
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Title Page; Copyright Page; WIlliams PDF ISBN 0-7734-2035-5; Preface; Foreward; Dedication; Acknowledgements and Permissions; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction; Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Epilogue; Works Cited; Indices;
This work applies many different approaches to the analysis of sacred texts. The articles contained in this collection are influenced by structuralism, phenomenology, the study of self-referentiality and Zen. In many cases, Eastern thought is applied to Western texts, and vice versa.
Hermeneutics. Sacred books -- History and criticism. Sacred books. Religion. Sacred books--History and criticism. Hermeneutics. RELIGION / Christianity / General