Book Description
An introduction to the history and scope of interpretation theory in theology. It discusses hermeneutical consciousness in Christian thinking from the time of the Church Fathers up to today.
Author : Werner G. Jeanrond
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 18,92 MB
Release : 1991-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1349095974
An introduction to the history and scope of interpretation theory in theology. It discusses hermeneutical consciousness in Christian thinking from the time of the Church Fathers up to today.
Author : Richard S. Briggs
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,70 MB
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0268103763
How should Christian readers of scripture hold appropriate and constructive tensions between exegetical, critical, hermeneutical, and theological concerns? This book seeks to develop the current lively discussion of theological hermeneutics by taking an extended test case, the book of Numbers, and seeing what it means in practice to hold all these concerns together. In the process the book attempts to reconceive the genre of "commentary" by combining focused attention to the details of the text with particular engagement with theological and hermeneutical concerns arising in and through the interpretive work. The book focuses on the main narrative elements of Numbers 11–25, although other passages are included (Numbers 5, 6, 33). With its mix of genres and its challenging theological perspectives, Numbers offers a range of difficult cases for traditional Christian hermeneutics. Briggs argues that the Christian practice of reading scripture requires engagement with broad theological concerns, and brings into his discussion Frei, Auerbach, Barth, Ricoeur, Volf, and many other biblical scholars. The book highlights several key formational theological questions to which Numbers provides illuminating answers: What is the significance and nature of trust in God? How does holiness (mediated in Numbers through the priesthood) challenge and redefine our sense of what is right, or "fair"? To what extent is it helpful to conceptualize life with God as a journey through a wilderness, of whatever sort? Finally, short of whatever promised land we may be, what is the context and role of blessing?
Author : Alexander Jensen
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 33,40 MB
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0334029015
This book introduces theological hermeneutics by giving a historical account of the development of hermeneutical thinking. It defines hermeneutics as the analysis of the obstacles to understanding. The history of hermeneutical thinking and responses to obstacles is told here, beginning with the allegorical interpretation of myths in Hellenism through to the contemporary view of the hermeneutical problem as universal. Following the opening chapters on the history of hermeneutical thought, the book presents an overview of the various contemporary hermeneutical schools of thought, and shows their rooted-ness in different parts of the hermeneutical tradition. The focus is clearly on biblical interpretation however it does also take account of developments outside the field of theology, as they influence the theological reflection on the hermeneutical problem. The questions raised and the possible answers suggested in this volume will be of interest to students of other disciplines, such as philosophy and literature.
Author : Michael N. Forster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 15,51 MB
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107187605
Explores the relevance of hermeneutics for modern human sciences, its history and development, and its key philosophical debates.
Author : Abraham Kuruvilla
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2013-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802485022
Privilege the Text! spans the conceptual gap between biblical text and life application by providing a rigorous theological hermeneutic for preaching. Kuruvilla describes the theological entity that is the intermediary between ancient text and modern audience, and defines its crucial function in determining valid application. Based on this hermeneutic, he submits a new mode of reading Scripture for preaching: a Christiconic interpretation of the biblical text, a hermeneutically robust way to understand the depiction of the Second Person of the Trinity in Scripture. In addition, Kuruvilla’s work provides a substantive theology of spiritual formation through preaching: what it means to obey God, the Christian’s responsibility to undertake “faith-full” obedience to divine demand, and the incentives for such obedience—all integral to understanding the sermonic movement from text to application. Privilege the Text! promises to be useful not only for preachers, and students and teachers of homiletics, but for all who are interested in the exposition of Scripture that culminates in application for the glory of God.
Author : Jens Zimmermann
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1610976444
Offers a constructive and corrective reading of a wide range of interpreters: Augustine, Luther, Gadamer, and more.
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Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441202021
The groundbreaking Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (DTIB) introduced readers to key names, theories, and concepts in the field of biblical interpretation. It has been well received by pastors and students, won book awards from Christianity Today and the Catholic Press Association, and was named the ECPA 2006 Christian Book of the Year. Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament features key articles from DTIB, providing readers with a book-by-book theological reading of the Old Testament. The articles are authored by leading scholars, including Daniel I. Block, Tremper Longman III, J. Gordon McConville, Walter Moberly, Richard Schultz, and Gordon J. Wenham. This handy and affordable text will work particularly well for students in Old Testament/Bible survey courses, pastors, and lay readers.
Author : Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 31,99 MB
Release : 2008-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801036232
Utilizes material from the award-winning Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible to introduce theological interpretation through a book-by-book survey of the New Testament.
Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 34,9 MB
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830869999
This book presents proponents of five approaches to biblical hermeneutics and allows them to respond to each other. The five approaches are the historical-critical/grammatical (Craig Blomberg), redemptive-historical (Richard Gaffin), literary/postmodern (Scott Spencer), canonical (Robert Wall) and philosophical/theological (Merold Westphal) views.
Author : Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 2005-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801026946
This groundbreaking reference tool introduces key names, theories, and concepts for interpreting Scripture.