TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Jay G. TI - How to Determine the Meaning of a Sacred Text: Cases and Methodologies SN - 9780773420359 (electronic bk.) AV - BL71 .W585 2011 U1 - 208.2 PY - 2011/// CY - Lewiston PB - The Edwin Mellen Press KW - Hermeneutics KW - Sacred books -- History and criticism KW - Sacred books KW - Religion KW - History and criticism KW - RELIGION / Christianity / General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=864344 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=437539 ER -