Symbols of the sacred </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Dupre, Louis K.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1925-2022</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">6:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>W.B. Eerdmans</publisher> <dateIssued>2000</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>131tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Symbols of the Sacred gathers four classic texts by Louis Dupre on the role of symbol and myth in our understanding of the sacred and on their fundamental importance to religious consciousness: Of Holy Signs, The Symbolism of Words, The Symbolism of Religious Art, The Myth and Its Survival. The volume concludes with a powerful reflection on the innate capacity of human minds to grasp the transcendent.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Louis K. Dupré</note> <subject> <topic>Symbolism in the Bible</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Mythology, Classical</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">246.55</classification> <classification authority="ddc">L888-D94</classification> <identifier type="isbn">080284748X</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/10772/symbols-of-the-sacred.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/10772/symbols-of-the-sacred.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070934.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>