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020			_a9789004378919 _q(electronic book)
020			_z9789004101548 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789004378919 _2DOI
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050		4	_aBL71 _b.B53 1995
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100	1		_aBiderman
245	0	0	_aScripture and Knowledge, _bAn Essay on Religious Epistemology.
264	3	1	_aLeiden, _aBoston: _bBrill, _c1995.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_tPreliminary Material / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tIntroduction / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tScripture and the Study of Religion / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tTextual and Functional Approaches to Scripture / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tScriptural Knowledge and Authority / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tAuthority and Necessity: A Jewish Perspectne / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tAuthority and Action: An Indian Perspective / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tBibliography / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tIndex / _rShlomo Biderman -- _tStudies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / _rShlomo Biderman.
520			_aAt 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.
650		0	_aSacred books _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aKnowledge, Theory of (Religion)
650		0	_aEpistemology.
650		0	_aPhilosophy.
650		0	_aReligion _xStudy and teaching.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tScripture and Knowledge: An Essay on Religious Epistemology _dLeiden, Boston : BRILL, 1995, _z9789004101548
830		0	_aNumen Book Series _v69.
830		0	_aNumen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004378919
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