Scriptures and Knowledge (Studies in the History of Religions): An Essay on Religious Epistemology: 69 (Numen Book) - Hardcover

Biderman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004101543 ISBN 13: 9789004101548

Publisher: Brill, 1995

Synopsis

At 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.

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About the Author

Shlomo Biderman is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Porter Graduate School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University. He has published on Indian philosophy, comparative philosophy and philosophy of religion. He is a co-editor of Philosophy and Religion: A Comparative Yearbook (Brill).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004101543
• ISBN 13: 9789004101548
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Number of pages: 256