 | James H. Evans - 1992 - 196 pages
...they have correctly, or authoritatively, interpreted the Bible or some aspect of human experience. "A text becomes 'scripture' in active, subjective...both, is sacred or authoritative in isolation from a community."54 The Hebrew model and the Ethiopic model of interpretation among African-Americans were... | |
 | Laurie L. Patton - 1994 - 346 pages
...nor content can serve to distinguish or identify scripture as a general phenomenon or category. . . . [F]rom the historian's perspective, the sacrality...tradition. No text, written or oral or both, is sacred or authoritive in isolation from a community" (Beyond the Written Word, 5). On the other hand, religious... | |
 | Barbara A. Holdrege - 1996 - 784 pages
...nor content can serve to distinguish or identify scripture as a general phenomenon or category. . . . [F]rom the historian's perspective, the sacrality...sacred or authoritative in isolation from a community. ... A book is only 'scripture' insofar as a group of persons perceive it to be sacred or holy, powerful... | |
 | Vincent L. Wimbush - 2001 - 916 pages
...its relationship to a religious community for whom it is sacred and authoritative.9 Graham remarks: From the historian's perspective, the sacrality or...sacred or authoritative in isolation from a community. ... A book is only "scripture" insofar as a group of persons perceive it to be sacred or holy, powerful... | |
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... [F]rom the historian's perspective, the sacrality or holiness of a book is not an a priori attribute of a text but one that is realized historically in the life of communities who respond to it as something sacred or holy. A text becomes 'scripture'... 