Rethinking scripture: essays from a comparative perspective - Levering, Miriam (State University of New York Press, 1989)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Complete Contents : Introduction : Rethinking scripture / Miriam Levering -- The study of religion and the study of the Bible / Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Scripture as form and concept : Their emergence for the Western world / Wilfred Cantwell Smith -- Scripture and its reception : A Buddhist case / Miriam Levering -- "Scripture" in India : Towards a typology of the word in Hindu life / Thomas B. Coburn -- Scripture as spoken word / William A. Graham -- The "canons" of "scripture" / Kendall A. Folkert -- The Bride of Israel : The ontological status of scripture in the rabbinic and kabbalistic traditions / Barbara A. Holdrege