Dr. Jonathan Z. Smith Engages with the Question: What is More Important The Question or Answers?

Jonathan Z Smith; Alfred Benney

Dr. Jonathan Z. Smith Engages with the Question: What is More Important The Question or Answers?

Jonathan Z Smith, Alfred Benney

Fairfield University

University of Chicago

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Abstract

What is more important the question or answers?

Dr. Jonathan Z. Smith discusses whether questions or answers are more important. He believes that questions are more important than answers because answers will always become outdated; this is because answers are always constructed around other answers. The process of coming to an answer is the most important aspect of the answer, not the answer itself.

Original language	American English
Journal	Default journal
State	Published - Nov 21 1999

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities
Religion
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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