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In monotheistic
religions, revelation is the process in which God makes
himself, his will, and/or other information known to mankind.
The
recipient of revelation is commonly referred to as a prophet,
and sometimes is termed a messenger.
There
are a number of ways that religious thinkers have traditionally
approached this topic; many widely differing views have
been proposed. Generally speaking, one can find all of the
following viewpoints in varying segments of Judaism and
in varying groups within Christianity.
Verbal
revelation
Some people hold that God can communicate with man in a
way that gives direct, propositional content: This is termed
verbal revelation. Orthodox Judaism and traditional Christianity
hold that the first five books of Moses were communicated
by God in such a fashion. Most proponents of verbal inspiration
in the Christian tradition do not subscribe to a dictation
theory in which the writer simply records the words of God.
Rather, they argue that inspiration is an organic process
wherein God superintends the writing such that the document
communicates what he wants to reveal using the writer's
style and circumstances.
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Aristotelian rationalism
The neo-Aristotelian philosophers of the medieval era held
that revelation was the discovery of absolute truths about
God, man, and man's place in God's universe, as discovered
through logical philosophical inquiry. A prophet's connection
to God was held to be the only way that a person could reach
such a state of pure reason.
A subset
of this category is natural revelation. Some believe that
God reveals himself through His Creation, and that at least
some truths about Him can be learned by studying Nature,
physics, cosmology, etc. This view is evidenced by Biblical
verses such as "The heavens declare the glory of God"
.
Non-Verbal propositional revelation
One school of thought holds that revelation is non-verbal
and non-literal, yet it may have propositional content.
People were divinely inspired by God with a message, but
not in a verbal-like fashion.
Rabbi
Abraham Joshua Heschel has written that "To convey
what the prophets experienced, the Bible could either use
terms of descriptions or terms of indication. Any description
of the act of revelation in empirical categories would have
produced a caricature. That is why all the Bible does is
to state that revelation happened; How it happened is something
they could only convey in words that are evocative and suggestive."
["God in Search of Man"]
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God's will as revealed through a people's historical development
of their faith
Some believe that God is non-anthropomorphic, and thus believe
the above listed forms of revelation are impossible. Hence
they believe God's will is revealed through the interaction
of man and God throughout history.
For
instance, Rabbi Louis Jacobs proposes that by viewing how
the Jewish people have understood God's will throughout
history, we see how God has actually influenced the development
of Jewish law; it is this process that we should recognize
as revelation.
One
part of the Talmud declares rabbinic interpretation superior
to biblical prophecy: "Rabbi Abdimi of Haifa said:
Since the day when the Temple was destroyed, the prophetic
gift was taken away from the prophets and given to the Sages.
Is a Sage not also a prophet?" The question is rhetorical,
the answer clearly is "yes". The Talmud goes on
to say: "What Rabbi Abdimi meant to say was this: although
it has been taken from the prophets, prophecy has not been
taken from the Sages. Amemar said: A Sage is even superior
to a prophet, as it says "And a prophet has the heart
of wisdom" (Psalms 90:21) Who is usually compared with
whom? Is not the smaller compared with the greater?"
(Talmud Bavli, Bava Batra 12A)
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Revelation for all mankind
In recent times, a new concept of revelation as being earned
rather than being bestowed has emerged. This view argues
that revelation from God is available to all those who seek
it - provided they perform a certain level of sacrifice
of the proper type - as opposed to being imparted to certain
special individuals. The concept is a key tenet of the religion
of Direct Worship.
Mormonism
teaches that God reveals His will both to prophets or witnesses
called by Him, and mankind, and that each man may receive
revelation according to his stewardship -- himself or herself
principally. Thus, prophets may receive revelation for the
masses, and church officers may receive revelation only
as it pertains to himself and those for whom he has authorized
religious stewardship. The important consequence of this
is that each man may receive confirmation that particular
doctrines taught by a prophet are true, as well as gain
divine insight in using those truths for their own benefit.
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Existentialism
In the 20th century, religious existentialists proposed
that revelation held no content in of itself; rather, they
hold that God inspired people with His presence by coming
into contact with them. In this view the Bible is a human
response that records how we responded to God.
Revelation
or information from a supernatural source is of much lesser
importance in some other religious traditions. It is not
of great importance in the Asian religions Taoism, and Confucianism
but similarities have been noted between the Abrahamic view
of revelation and the Buddhist principle of Enlightenment.
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