TY  - JOUR
ID  - 6055
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/sours_immanence_transcendence_symbolism
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism
T2  - 
JF  - Journal of Bahá'í Studies
JA  - JBS
A1  - Sours,Michael W.
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A3  - 
Y1  - 1992
Y2  - 
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
SP  - 13
EP  - 56
M2  - 
PB  - Association for Bahá'í Studies North America
CY  - Ottawa, ON
M1  - 
M3  - Articles
SN  -         
LA  - English
L3  - 
DO  - 
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U2  - 
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AB  - Bahá'u'lláh uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the realm of creation — such as "angel," "fire," and the prophets' claims to be incarnating the "face" or "voice" of God; these convey the transcendence of God.
N1  - Mirrored with permission from journal.bahaistudies.ca. See also original scan.  See also The Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature (Sours, 1991).
C1  - 
KW  - Angels
KW  - Attainment unto the Divine presence
KW  - Bahá'u'lláh, Station of
KW  - Bible
KW  - Bride (metaphor)
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Clouds
KW  - Dawn-Breakers (book)
KW  - Day of Resurrection (or Day of Judgment)
KW  - Dove (symbol)
KW  - Dreams and visions
KW  - Dualism
KW  - Fire
KW  - Gabriel (angel)
KW  - Gender
KW  - Genesis (Bible)
KW  - Glory (general)
KW  - God
KW  - God, Anthropomorphic descriptions of
KW  - God, Day of
KW  - God, Names of
KW  - God, Will of
KW  - God, Word of
KW  - Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)
KW  - Holy Spirit
KW  - Huruf (letters)
KW  - Interpretation
KW  - Islam
KW  - Jerusalem, Israel
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Joseph (Prophet)
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)
KW  - Laws
KW  - Logos
KW  - Maid of Heaven
KW  - Manifestations of God
KW  - Metaphors and allegories
KW  - Monism
KW  - Moses
KW  - Mount Sinai, Egypt
KW  - Mythology
KW  - New Jerusalem
KW  - Obedience
KW  - Paradise
KW  - Peace
KW  - Progressive revelation
KW  - Prophecies
KW  - Revelation
KW  - Scholarship
KW  - Sophia (wisdom)
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Symbolism
KW  - Theology
KW  - Theophany
KW  - Typology
KW  - Unity
KW  - Unity of humanity
KW  - Unity of religion
KW  - Wisdom
KW  - Words and phrases
ER  -