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Revelation : from metaphor to analogy /

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Christianity and other religions claim that their books and creeds contain truths revealed by God. How can we know whether they do? 'Revelation' investigates the claim of the Christian religion to have such revealed truths; and so considers which parts of the Bible are to be regarded as li...

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Main Author: Swinburne, Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Revelation > Christianity.
Metaphor > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Analogy (Religion)
Analogie (Religion)
Metaphor > Religious aspects > Christianity
Revelation > Christianity
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Summary:Christianity and other religions claim that their books and creeds contain truths revealed by God. How can we know whether they do? 'Revelation' investigates the claim of the Christian religion to have such revealed truths; and so considers which parts of the Bible are to be regarded as literal history, and which metaphorical truth.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 373 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191707193
0191707198
9780199212460
0199212465