Revelation: From Metaphor to Analogy - Hardcover

Swinburne, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198239696 ISBN 13: 9780198239697

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

The great religions often claim that their books or creeds contain truth revealed by God. How could we know that they do? In Part I of "Revelation", Richard Swinburne investigates the general philosophical issue of how eternal truth can be conveyed in unfamiliar genres of poetry or parable, by analogy and metaphor, within false presuppositions about science and history. Part II considers the general question of what would show that some book or creed conveys revealed truth; and Part III considers what would show that the Christian Creeds and Bible convey revealed truth. A notable feature of the book is the sustained discussion of the criteria for which passages in the Bible should be taken literally and which should be taken metaphorically. "Revelation" is the second volume of a projected tetralogy on the philosophy of Christian doctrine, of which the first volume was "Responsibility and Atonement".

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Review:

"Some interesting conclusions emerge from Swinburne's discussion. In particular, he provides an account which promises to turn aside familiar scourges of belief in biblical revelation."--Theology"Swinburne has once again produced an outstanding work in philosophy of religion."--The Philosophical Review "Some interesting conclusions emerge from Swinburne's discussion. In particular, he provides an account which promises to turn aside familiar scourges of belief in biblical revelation."--Theology "Swinburne has once again produced an outstanding work in philosophy of religion."--The Philosophical Review "Some interesting conclusions emerge from Swinburne's discussion. In particular, he provides an account which promises to turn aside familiar scourges of belief in biblical revelation."--Theology "Swinburne has once again produced an outstanding work in philosophy of religion."--The Philosophical Review "Some interesting conclusions emerge from Swinburne's discussion. In particular, he provides an account which promises to turn aside familiar scourges of belief in biblical revelation."--Theology"Swinburne has once again produced an outstanding work in philosophy of religion."--The Philosophical Review

About the Author:

Richard Swinburne is Emeritus Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0198239696
• ISBN 13: 9780198239697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244