Bibliography: BIB23721

web link	bahai-library.com/bibliography/BIB23721
reference type	Book Section
title	Scripture as Literature
book title	Reason & Revelation : New Directions in Bahá'í Thought
series title	Studies in the Bábí and Bahá'í Religions
author	Lewis, Franklin
authority control	Frank Lewis
editor	Fazel, Seena and Danesh, John
year	2002
publisher	Kalimát Press
place published	Los Angeles, CA
abstract	The author traces the genres and styles of various parts of the corpus of Bahá'í scripture to antecedent models in Judeo-Christian-Islamic sacred texts, as well as Arab and Persian literary texts. He argues that knowledge of the specific scriptural or literary models appealed to by certain Bahá'í texts will provide a deeper udnerstanding of the theological import of these texts. Because more is known about the literary milieu in which Bahá'u'lláh's texts were revealed, studying the intersection of Bahá'í scripture and its literary background may help illuminate the literary influences which gave shape to the form and style of the Hebrew Bible, the Gospels and the Qurán.
language	English
keywords	SCRIPTURE; LITERATURE; STYLE; SOURCES
pages	101–128
section	7.
series volume	v.13