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

COLLECTION	Published articles
TITLE	A Preliminary Survey of Hermeneutical Principles Found within the Baha'i Writings
AUTHOR 1	Dann J. May
DATE_THIS	1989
VOLUME	1:3
TITLE_PARENT	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
PAGE_RANGE	39-55
PUB_THIS	Association for Bahá'í Studies North America
CITY_THIS	Ottawa, ON
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.
TAGS	Hermeneutics; Interpretation; Allegories and metaphors

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