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TAGS: - Metaphors and allegories; Hermeneutics; Interpretation
Abstract:
The multiple meanings contained within religious texts; symbolic and mythological nature of religious language; the role of science in interpreting sources; progressive and relative nature of truth; essential aspects of all religions; personal biases.
Notes:
See also journal.bahaistudies.ca/online/issue/archive.

A Preliminary Survey of Hermeneutical Principles Found within the Baha'i Writings

Dann J. May

published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies

1:3, pp. 39-55

Ottawa, ON: Association for Bahá'í Studies North America, 1989

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