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How to Determine the Meaning of a Sacred Text [electronic resource] : Cases and Methodologies
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Jay G., 1932-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hermeneutics.
- Sacred books--History and criticism.
- Sacred books.
- Local Subjects:
- Hermeneutics.
- Sacred books--History and criticism.
- Sacred books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (358 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- How to Determine the Meaning of a Sacred Text
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; WIlliams PDF ISBN 0-7734-2035-5; Preface; Foreword; Dedication; Acknowledgements and Permissions; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction; Part I; Part II; Part III; Part IV; Part V; Part VI; Epilogue; Works Cited; Indices
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-2035-5
- OCLC:
- 779141473
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