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Interpretation in religion / edited by S. Biderman and B.-A. Scharfstein.

Contributor(s): Biderman, Shlomo | Scharfstein, Ben-Ami, 1919-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophy and religion: v. 2.Publisher: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1992Description: xi, 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9004095195 (hard)Subject(s): Hermeneutics -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 291/.01 LOC classification: BL41 | .I58 1992Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Religion as interpretation / R. J. Zwi Werblowsky -- Philosophical reinterpretation of Scriptures / Asa Kasher -- Idolatry and the invisibility of God / Robert Merrihew Adams -- Pragmatic meanings as a particular source for the history of religions / Hans G. Kippenberg -- "Policy ecclesiastical": Thomas Hobbes on language, religion and interpretation / Anat Biletzki -- Semiosis and interpretation in ancient Egyptian ritual / Jan Assmann -- Dharma in Hinduism: the limits of interpretation / Shlomo Biderman -- Methodic deconstruction / Bibhuti S. Yadav -- Saadia and the Sefer Yetzirah: translation theory in classical Jewish thought / Ronald C. Kiener -- The divine commandy theory in Jewish thought: a modern phenomenon / Jacob Joshua Ross -- Interpretation as compromise: the case of the five daily Islamic prayers / Ilai Alon -- Moses' riddles: esoteric trends in patristic hermeneutics / Gedaliahu G. Stroumsa -- Jews, Christians and the dangerous ones in between / John G. Gager -- Symbolic value and the problem of evil: honor and shame / Marilyn McCord Adams.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion as interpretation / R. J. Zwi Werblowsky -- Philosophical reinterpretation of Scriptures / Asa Kasher -- Idolatry and the invisibility of God / Robert Merrihew Adams -- Pragmatic meanings as a particular source for the history of religions / Hans G. Kippenberg -- "Policy ecclesiastical": Thomas Hobbes on language, religion and interpretation / Anat Biletzki -- Semiosis and interpretation in ancient Egyptian ritual / Jan Assmann -- Dharma in Hinduism: the limits of interpretation / Shlomo Biderman -- Methodic deconstruction / Bibhuti S. Yadav -- Saadia and the Sefer Yetzirah: translation theory in classical Jewish thought / Ronald C. Kiener -- The divine commandy theory in Jewish thought: a modern phenomenon / Jacob Joshua Ross -- Interpretation as compromise: the case of the five daily Islamic prayers / Ilai Alon -- Moses' riddles: esoteric trends in patristic hermeneutics / Gedaliahu G. Stroumsa -- Jews, Christians and the dangerous ones in between / John G. Gager -- Symbolic value and the problem of evil: honor and shame / Marilyn McCord Adams.

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