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The tenacity of unreasonable beliefs [electronic resource] : fundamentalism and the fear of truth / Solomon Schimmel.

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Schimmel, Solomon

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Oxford University Press

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: vii, 282 pUniform titles:

Oxford scholarship online.

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200.904 22

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BL238

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Summary: Modern scholarship in several disciplines makes it clear that the Bible and the Quran were authored by humans. Nevertheless, fundamentalists persist in believing in the divine authorship of their sacred scriptures. In this book, Solomon Schimmel seeks to understand why these people insist on such beliefs and how they defend them.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modern scholarship in several disciplines makes it clear that the Bible and the Quran were authored by humans. Nevertheless, fundamentalists persist in believing in the divine authorship of their sacred scriptures. In this book, Solomon Schimmel seeks to understand why these people insist on such beliefs and how they defend them.

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