Scripture and Knowledge : : An Essay on Religious Epistemology / / Shlomo Biderman.

• Superior document: Numen Book Series ; Volume 69
• VerfasserIn: Biderman, Shlomo,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : EJ. Brill,, [1995]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of religions ; Volume 69.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Shlomo Biderman -- Introduction / Shlomo Biderman -- Scripture and the Study of Religion / Shlomo Biderman -- Textual and Functional Approaches to Scripture / Shlomo Biderman -- Scriptural Knowledge and Authority / Shlomo Biderman -- Authority and Necessity: A Jewish Perspectne / Shlomo Biderman -- Authority and Action: An Indian Perspective / Shlomo Biderman -- Bibliography / Shlomo Biderman -- Index / Shlomo Biderman -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / Shlomo Biderman.