{"product_id":"canonical-texts-bearers-of-absolute-authority-bible-koran-veda-tipiaka-9789051837520","title":"Canonical Texts: Bearers of Absolute Authority – Bible, Koran, Veda, Tipiaka","description":"This book introduces a new approach to the comparative study of sacred texts - here the Christian Bible, the Islamic Koran, the Hindu Veda and the Buddhist Tipiaka. The author demonstrates that, in spite of their great differences, these works show a fundamental \u003ci\u003eanalogy\u003c\/i\u003e.Considered as \u003ci\u003ecanonical\u003c\/i\u003e within their own religious context, each text possesses \u003ci\u003eabsolute authority\u003c\/i\u003e in comparison with other authoritative texts from their respective religious traditions. This fundamental analogy allows one to describe the growth and history of these canons, step by step, as a process that takes place in analogous phases that are clearly distinguishable. The author follows a strictly \u003ci\u003ephenomenological\u003c\/i\u003e method: he tries to understand the development of these canons in terms of a potential that lies within the phenomena themselves, i.e. the texts, while refraining in any way from assessing their claim to absolute authority.\u003cbr\u003eIn part I the author describes the development from the 'revelation' of the texts to a \u003ci\u003eclimax with respect to reflection\u003c\/i\u003e on the canons. This climax has been reached in all four cases. Part II investigates the \u003ci\u003ecrisis\u003c\/i\u003e that these canons are currently undergoing as a consequence of the modern intellectual climate. Can we expect that this crisis will be overcome by the canons? And if so, will they be in a position of mutual exclusion or will they form a sort of unity such as, for example, the Old and New Testament in the Christian Bible? Finally the author traces what the religions themselves have postulated about the \u003ci\u003efuture\u003c\/i\u003e of their respective canons. The result is surprising: the current crisis is only faint reflection of what, according to age-old predictions, awaits the canons in the future.","brand":"Rein Fernhout","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274098192635,"sku":"9789051837520","price":196.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0635b8b3-cc1a-4146-a5b1-90b7c311eafe.jpg?v=1771065599","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/canonical-texts-bearers-of-absolute-authority-bible-koran-veda-tipiaka-9789051837520","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}