This book proposes a theory of reference--answering the question of whether Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures refer to the same God--within a semantic framework acceptable to atheists and fideists.

• Cover
• Reference and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures
• Series page
• Reference and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures: The Same God?
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1
• Reference Statements
  • The Standard Theory of Reference
  • Problems with the Standard Theory
  • The Intralinguistic Thesis
  • Organization of the Book
  • Notes
• Chapter 2
• Rules for Reference
  • Rules for Reference
  • Author and Reader Reference
  • The Properness of Proper Names
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 3
• Story-Relative Reference
  • Introduction
  • Story-Relative Reference
  • Transportability
  • Reference Statements
  • “Indefinite Reference”
  • Dependency
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 4
• Mentioning
  • Contradiction
  • Citation
  • Successful Reference
  • The Problem of the Quran
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 5
• Identification within History
  • Reference in History
  • Implied Co-reference
  • Redaction
  • The Documentary Hypothesis
  • Biography
  • History
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 6
• Reference and Identity
  • What Is Identity?
  • Information Value
  • Identity Not Necessary
  • Objections
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 7
• Existence
  • Aristotle versus Frege
  • The “Something” Problem
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 8
• The God of the Philosophers
  • Corporealism
  • Incorporealism
  • Classical Theism
  • Semantic Dependence
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 9
• Identification in the Present
  • The Paderewski Problem
  • Reference-Preserving Links
  • The Name “God”
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 10
• Revelation
  • Demonstrative Identification
  • Sameness of Character
  • Sameness of Object
  • Demonstrative Reference
  • Sensus Divinitatis
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Chapter 11
• Intentionality
  • Intentionality
  • Thought
  • Mental States
  • Intentional Identity
  • Summary
  • Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author