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Revelation : from metaphor to analogy / Richard Swinburne.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Swinburne, Richard, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Revelation--Christianity.
Revelation.
Metaphor--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Metaphor.
Analogy (Religion).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 373 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Other Title:
From metaphor to analogy
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Christianity and other religions claim that their books and creeds contain truths revealed by God. How can we know whether they do? 'Revelation' investigates the claim of the Christian religion to have such revealed truths; and so considers which parts of the Bible are to be regarded as literal history, and which metaphorical truth.
Contents:
Terminology
Presupposition
Analogy and metaphor
Genre
The need for revelation
The four tests for a revelation
The original revelation
The church
Theological definitions
The bible
Moral teaching
Conclusion.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
0-19-921247-3
1-281-16097-0
9786611160975
0-19-152648-7
OCLC:
183915560

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