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The Story of Joseph in the Babi and Baha'i Faiths

Author	Jim Stokes
Title of item	The Story of Joseph in the Babi and Baha'i Faiths
Volume	29:2
Pages	25-42
Parent publication	World Order
Date of this edition	1997-98 Winter
Language	English
Permission	author
Scanned	2001-01 by Jonah Winters
Posted	2001-01 by Jonah Winters
Proofread	2001 by Ted Brownstein
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/stokes_joseph_babi_bahai
Abstract	The story of Joseph describes the eternal process by which the most profound kind of new knowledge comes into the world, simultaneously describing, in story form, its interrelated human, physical, and metaphysical dimensions.
Notes	See also Story of Joseph in Five Religious Traditions.
Tags	Allegories and metaphors; Fragrance; Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); Interfaith dialogue; Joseph (Prophet); Kitab-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Qayyumul-Asma (book); Symbolism
Page views	37020 hits since 2001-01
Edit quality	high: carefully proofread and edited
Format quality	high: well formatted
Last edited	2022-01-30 06:54 EST. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted between 2003-2012 had various slightly different URLs and sometimes can be found in archive.org with addresses like bahai-library.com/file.php5?file=stokes_joseph_babi_bahai. Documents posted prior to October 2003 were at bahai-library.org [archive.org] and had completely different URLs.

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