A Hermeneutic Model of Sacred Literature and Everyday Revelation
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چکیده
The type of literature I want to evaluate is dierent from what we expect traditionally. For the most part, the readers of these texts consider them “sacred”: whether revealed through divine means, or supernaturally inspired, this sort of literature for the devotee is dierent than reading Shakespeare or Dante. The reader approaches the reading of these texts with solemn behavior (even by means of ablutions), knowing that it has a teaching that neither other book nor any other teacher may impart, expecting it to actually “change their lives.” For this reason its interpretation is of vital importance, often considered a matter of (eternal?) life and death – especially for misinterpreters.
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