Scripture and Knowledge, An Essay on Religious Epistemology.
Biderman
Scripture and Knowledge, An Essay on Religious Epistemology. - 1 online resource. - Numen Book Series 69. Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837. .
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Scripture and the Study of Religion / Textual and Functional Approaches to Scripture / Scriptural Knowledge and Authority / Authority and Necessity: A Jewish Perspectne / Authority and Action: An Indian Perspective / Bibliography / Index / Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman.
At the core of Scripture and Knowledge lies the problem of the nature of religious knowledge. The author argues that religion is a particular framework rather than a particular content or defined set of performances. He sees this framework as epistemological, that is, as one that furnishes believers with a conception of knowledge alternative to that of philosophical reasoning. The thesis on the epistemological nature of religion will be developed by the examination of the concept of scripture as a body of authoritative and even infallible texts. The concept of scripture is presented as one of the constitutive concepts of the epistemological framework of religion. The author argues that the various scriptures and their commentaries should be understood as the arena within which the epistemological process of religion takes place and the central epistemological means by which religious knowledge is made possible.
9789004378919
10.1163/9789004378919 DOI
Sacred books--History and criticism.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Epistemology.
Philosophy.
Religion--Study and teaching.
BL71 / .B53 1995
291.8/2
Scripture and Knowledge, An Essay on Religious Epistemology. - 1 online resource. - Numen Book Series 69. Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837. .
Preliminary Material / Introduction / Scripture and the Study of Religion / Textual and Functional Approaches to Scripture / Scriptural Knowledge and Authority / Authority and Necessity: A Jewish Perspectne / Authority and Action: An Indian Perspective / Bibliography / Index / Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman -- Shlomo Biderman.
At the core of Scripture and Knowledge lies the problem of the nature of religious knowledge. The author argues that religion is a particular framework rather than a particular content or defined set of performances. He sees this framework as epistemological, that is, as one that furnishes believers with a conception of knowledge alternative to that of philosophical reasoning. The thesis on the epistemological nature of religion will be developed by the examination of the concept of scripture as a body of authoritative and even infallible texts. The concept of scripture is presented as one of the constitutive concepts of the epistemological framework of religion. The author argues that the various scriptures and their commentaries should be understood as the arena within which the epistemological process of religion takes place and the central epistemological means by which religious knowledge is made possible.
9789004378919
10.1163/9789004378919 DOI
Sacred books--History and criticism.
Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
Epistemology.
Philosophy.
Religion--Study and teaching.
BL71 / .B53 1995
291.8/2