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What Is Scripture?

A Comparative Approach
  • ISBN-13: 9780800626082
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By Wilfred Cantwell Smith
  • Price: AUD $84.99
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  • Local release date: 30/08/1994
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 135.00mm) 400 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]
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"Scripture" is no longer an absolute. In the last two centuries, as Westerners have become more keenly conscious of the flatly historical character of their own biblical documents, they have also realized the normative function of scripture in other traditions. W. C. Smith's vastly erudite work asks how it is that certain texts have so seeped into human life - in a rich, complex, and powerful way - as to be deemed sacred. Examining the history and use of scripture in the world's major religious traditions, he shows how and why scripture continues to carry momentous and at times appalling power in human affairs. In the end, Smith's creative proposal is valuable not only for showing what it means to hold a text as sacred, or to treasure another's scripture, but also for the light it sheds in a troubled culture on what it means to be human.
Wilfred Cantwell Smith is professor Emeritus of the Comparative History of Religion, Harvard University, where he also served for nine years as Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions and then as chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion.
Preface Introduction: Presenting the Issue A Particular Example, to Illustrate Scripture as Form and concept: Historical Background The True Meaning of Scripture: the Qur'an as an Example The Bible in Jewish Life? The Hindu Instance The Buddhist Instance The Classics: Chinese and Western Brief Further Considerations Conclusion: Scripture and the Human Condition Notes Acknowledgments Index
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