Abrahamic Covenant Epistemology

The Abrahamic paradigm suggests that genuine knowledge originates neither in abstract deduction nor in legal prescription. Instead, it begins with the perception of an ordered and meaningful reality, proceeds through trust in that reality's intelligibility, and culminates in ethical action. Law emerges subsequently as the historical codification of insights already grounded in the covenantal encounter between humanity and the Creator. Abrahamic epistemology may therefore be understood as a form of covenantal realism in which trust, unity, and moral responsibility constitute indispensable dimensions of human knowing.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-29
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23762810
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Study and Philosophy of Religion
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Abrahamic Covenant Epistemology

Stephen I. Ternyik
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Study and Philosophy of Religion
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Abrahamic Covenant Epistemology

Stephen I. Ternyik
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Abstract

The Abrahamic paradigm suggests that genuine knowledge originates neither in abstract deduction nor in legal prescription. Instead, it begins with the perception of an ordered and meaningful reality, proceeds through trust in that reality's intelligibility, and culminates in ethical action. Law emerges subsequently as the historical codification of insights already grounded in the covenantal encounter between humanity and the Creator. Abrahamic epistemology may therefore be understood as a form of covenantal realism in which trust, unity, and moral responsibility constitute indispensable dimensions of human knowing.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Spiru Haret University (RO), University of Coimbra (PT)
Openalex Percentile: Top 2%
Study and Philosophy of Religion
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