Sacred Scripture: a short history of interpretation

What is sacred Scripture? -- The Old Testament as sacred Scripture -- The New Testament as sacred Scripture -- Which Scripture is sacred? -- The sacred Scripture of Judaism -- The sacred Scripture of the early church -- Which manuscript? -- What's the problem? -- The Reformation and the beginni...

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Main Author: Soulen, Richard N. 1933- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Louisville, KY Westminster John Knox Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Edition:1st ed.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Exegesis
B Bible criticism
IxTheo Classification:HA Bible
Further subjects:B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc History
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Summary:What is sacred Scripture? -- The Old Testament as sacred Scripture -- The New Testament as sacred Scripture -- Which Scripture is sacred? -- The sacred Scripture of Judaism -- The sacred Scripture of the early church -- Which manuscript? -- What's the problem? -- The Reformation and the beginnings of a critical text -- Recent discoveries -- The development of the critical text -- Which translation? -- The blessing of translation -- The challenge of translation -- Translation : from the Septuagint to the King James Version -- The aims of modern translation -- The Geneva Bible redivivus -- How does Scripture interpret itself? -- Scripture interpreting Scripture in the Hebrew Bible -- Typology in the New Testament -- What did the early church leaders say? -- Change and continuity -- Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon -- Origen -- Augustine, Bishop of Hippo -- How many senses does Scripture have? -- The Quadriga -- Abbot Suger -- Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Abelard -- What is the center of Scripture? : Luther, the scholastics, and the pietists -- The center of Scripture and Luther's Reformation -- The center of Scripture and Protestant scholastics -- The center of Scripture and the pietists -- What is the literal sense of Scripture? -- The historical event behind the text : Reimarus -- Authorial mind or intent : Schleiermacher -- Ideas or concepts independent of either history or intent : Jefferson summary -- What is modern biblical interpretation? -- Modern and post-modern -- Source, form, and redaction criticism -- What is contemporary biblical interpretation? -- A postmodern analogy : on playing ball with the text -- Postmodern biblical interpretation : John Frank Kermode -- Liberation biblical interpretation : Jon Sobrino -- Postcritical biblical interpretation : Hans Frei
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0664232469