TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biderman
AU  - Scharfstein
TI  - Interpretation in Religion
T2  - Philosophy and Religion
SN  - 9789004451551
AV  - BL41 
U1  - 291/.01 23
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Hermeneutics
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Interpretation Religion
KW  - Religions
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Drawn by invitation from a number of countries, a group of scholars undertakes to explore the means by which the very attempt to grasp religions leads to a repeated process of internal reinterpretation and, often, transformation. Essays on interpretation in religion in general are followed by essays that probe various hermeneutical aspects of ancient Egyptian religion, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The range of these essays is impressive — from semiosis, problems of translation, and the pragmatic assignment of meaning, to prayer, divine commands, the invisibility ascribed to God, dharma , symbolism and evil, and esotericism. The picture that emerges is rich, by turns detailed and general, and above all intellectually stimulating
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004451551
ER  -