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Revelation : from metaphor to analogy / Richard Swinburne.
- 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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