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TAGS: – Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; – Manifestations of God; Context; Creativity; History (general); Irfán Colloquia; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Revelation; Social transformation

Abstract:

The objectivist approach; role of the Manifestation in the creative process; Manifestation as participant in history; social and religious context in the Revelation; example of the Tablet of Ahmad; historical context in understanding topical allusions.

The Validity and Value of an Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Works of Bahá'u'lláh

John S. Hatcher

published in Scripture and Revelation: Papers presented at the First Irfan Colloquium

ed. Moojan Momen, pp. 27-52

Oxford: George Ronald, 1997

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