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Other Peoples’ Scriptures: Mythical Texts of Imagined Communities

In: Numen
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David R. Vishanoff University of Oklahoma, Religious Studies Program, Robertson 146, 731 Elm Ave., Norman, OK 73019

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09 Jun 2014
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The essays in this issue of Numen exemplify a shift in the comparative study of scriptures, highlighting their evanescence, their non-informative dimensions, and the ways in which they and the people who hold them sacred are reimagined across religious boundaries.

Title:
Other Peoples’ Scriptures: Mythical Texts of Imagined Communities
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341327
Language:
English
Pages:
329–333
Keywords:
sacred texts; scriptures; interreligious relations; comparison; religious studies
In:
Numen
In:
Volume 61: Issue 4
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1568-5276
Print ISSN:
0029-5973
Subjects:
History of Religion, Religious Studies, Comparative Religion & Religious Studies, General, Religion in Antiquity, Religion & Society, Social Sciences

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