Sacred Scripture :a short history of interpretation /Richard N. Soulen.

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

Introduction -- 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 manuscripts? -- What's the problem? -- The Reformation and the beginnings of a critical text of the New Testament -- 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 and the anagogical sense -- Bernard of Clairvaux and the tropological sense -- Peter Abelard and the allegorical sense -- What is the center of Scripture? -- The center of Scripture and Luther's Reformation -- The center of Scripture and Protestant scholasticism -- The center of Scripture and pietism -- 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 -- What is modern biblical interpretation? -- Modern and post-modern -- Source criticism -- Form criticism -- 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. xv, 216 p. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Author

Soulen, Richard N.

Place Published

City

Louisville, Ky.

Date Published

circa 2009

Publication Subjects

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History.

Call No.

BS500.S57 2009

ISBN

9780664232467 (alk. paper), 0664232469 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2009028362

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.