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        1 - Dialectic of Identity and Salvation in Abrahamic Scriptures
        mansour motamedi Yaser Aein Mahdi Hasanzadeh
        A religious tradition cannot be separated from the identification of faith through the intersubjective seeking of truth and salvation. By establishing a criterion for judging the attribution of people to that religion, this provision not only protects the theological me More
        A religious tradition cannot be separated from the identification of faith through the intersubjective seeking of truth and salvation. By establishing a criterion for judging the attribution of people to that religion, this provision not only protects the theological message of religion and legitimizes it, but also distinguishes religious community members from others in the social sphere. Regarding the Abrahamic scriptures, how believers envision God has had an impact on both those who are concerned with salvation and the quality of their relationships with other people. As a result of this dialectic, Abrahamic monotheism has evolved different ideas about identity and salvation over time. To understand the conceptual worldview that governs the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an, this article examines the semantic field of identity and salvation using Izutsu's semantic method. We have also discussed how salvational approaches in the hermeneutics of Abrahamic scriptures, such as the reinterpretation of Abraham's spiritual heritage, have advanced. Manuscript profile
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        2 - Feminist Analysis of Biblical Interpretation Using Schussler Fiorenza's Hermeneutic Model
        nazanin kianifard mahdi lakzaei
        Although committed to Christian principles, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza seeks to provide a different interpretation of the sacred texts by presenting her seven hermeneutic paradigms; the hermeneutics of Experience, Domination, Suspicion, Critical Evaluation, Creat More
        Although committed to Christian principles, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza seeks to provide a different interpretation of the sacred texts by presenting her seven hermeneutic paradigms; the hermeneutics of Experience, Domination, Suspicion, Critical Evaluation, Creative Imagination, Re-Membering and Reconstruction, and Transformative Action for Change. By employing the hermeneutics of Suspicion, she casts doubt on the androcentric reading of the sacred texts. Then she reveals the rhetorical features of the misogynistic texts and strives to restore the transformed writings to their original version. Furthermore, Fiorenza employs the hermeneutics of the Proclaimed to reveal the omitted, distorted, or altered facts. Then, using the hermeneutics of Remembering, she narrates all applicable past experiences, to infuse creativity. Throughout these seven hermeneutics, Fiorenza insists on the necessity of the transition from the concept of the archetype to the prototype, to dislodge the sacred text and its interpretations, permitting new readings. In addition, the gender dominance system (Kyriarchy), throughout the pyramid of power should be scrutinized  and simultaneously,  after deconstruction, it is necessary to consider rhetoric reconstruction to make women aware of the “false consciousness” embedded and internalized by the patriarchy in the androcentric text  and help them in their efforts to free themselves from it. Manuscript profile
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        3 - Investigating the role of allegory in explaining the category of "self-creation" in Pahlavi's contexts
        Batool Fakhr Eslam Hamideh HasanKhani
        an allegory plays a key role in explaining the concepts to the general audience. Hence, it reflects on the religious and ethical texts addressed to the public. In the present article, using the descriptive method and the content analysis technique, the allegories used i More
        an allegory plays a key role in explaining the concepts to the general audience. Hence, it reflects on the religious and ethical texts addressed to the public. In the present article, using the descriptive method and the content analysis technique, the allegories used in Pahlavi tales are analyzed based on the content of the category and its role in the self-made category. The results of the research show that the authors of the articles by using allegory have succeeded in simplifying the complex and epistemic concepts, objectivity to cognitive abstract issues, and facilitating the process of contacting the writer with the text. It was also found that the allegories were categorized according to the content into "ethical and educational", "religious", and "philosophical and verbal" types. The paraphernalia in these texts is also often inhuman (including imaginary beings, celestial bodies, and elements of nature). Moreover, some of the allegories seen in Persian and Arabic texts are rooted in these Pahlavi and Avesta texts and texts. Thus, allegory has been effective in the transfer of part of the intellectual heritage of ancient Persians to Islamic era. Manuscript profile
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        4 - “Xrafstarân” in Sassanid Era: According to Written Sources and Sigillographic Evidence
        Mostafa Ekhtesasi Amir Khanmoradi
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        5 - The Necessity of understanding the Holy texts (sample Research of Letter 28 of Nahj ul-Balaghah)
        Sayyid Muhammad Mahdi Jafari Elaheh Weisi Mryam Haji Abdul Baqi Hamid Reza Mustafid
        The intellectual and cultural heritage of any society is the highway of its life that passed down from generation to generation, and each generation according to their needs offers interpretations for it. As Islam is one of the religions based on revelation and text-bas More
        The intellectual and cultural heritage of any society is the highway of its life that passed down from generation to generation, and each generation according to their needs offers interpretations for it. As Islam is one of the religions based on revelation and text-based; Naturally, the religious culture derived from it is known by the; the text of the Qur'an and the hadiths of the Prophet and other infallible Imams. At the same time with the progression of science, our understanding of the scriptures needs to be appropriate and in line with it. Holy books such as Nahj al-Balaghah when studied as a "text", they can get closer to the reality of human life and reach the ability to adapt to it, and thus better understanding and greater utilization of them be obtained. The need to examine this issue becomes clearer when the position of Imam Ali should be considered as an intellectual and cultural model. So far, a lot of research has been done on Nahj al-Balaghah but its understanding as a text, Its historical background, culture and conditions of its time and the style of expression in Nahj al-Balaghah is concentratedly, However, paying attention to these issues along with the study of Hadithdocument and jurisprudence provides a basis for achieving a "scientific understanding" of the text. This study examines the 28th letter of Nahj al-Balaghah from this perspective in order to determine the validity of the text and to utilize of its cultural intellectual context. Manuscript profile