Author : David R. Law
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 34,15 MB
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567400123
An introduction to one of the core methods of approaching biblical texts.
Author : Christopher M. Hays
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 38,45 MB
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441245758
Many introductions to biblical studies describe critical approaches, but they do not discuss the theological implications. This timely resource discusses the relationship between historical criticism and Christian theology to encourage evangelical engagement with historical-critical scholarship. Charting a middle course between wholesale rejection and unreflective embrace, the book introduces evangelicals to a way of understanding and using historical-critical scholarship that doesn't compromise Christian orthodoxy. The book covers eight of the most hotly contested areas of debate in biblical studies, helping readers work out how to square historical criticism with their beliefs.
Author : John Barton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 1998-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780521485937
This guide to the state of biblical studies features 20 chapters written by scholars from North America and Britain, and represents both traditional and contemporary points of view.
Author : Gerhard Maier
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 2001-12-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1579108474
The historical-critical method of biblical interpretation has dominated theological thinking for over two centuries. It has been the subject of much controversy, including the turmoil in American Lutheranism. But now the historical-critical method has Òcome to a dead end.Ó So says Dr. Gerhard Maier, author of the original version of this work. Maier points out that the emphasis in the historical-critical method has consistently been on the critical rather than the historical. He goes on to delineate the Òhistorical-biblicalÓ method he feels will be needed in the future. Such a method takes history seriously but allows for God's supernatural intervention in human affairs. Here Edwin Leverenz and Rudolph Norden present the English translation of Maier's manuscript, while Eugene Klug's preface places the study into the setting of today's theological debate. The End of the Historical Critical-Method is ÒmustÓ reading for theologians. Yet it also serves as a help to all who have been searching for guidance in combating rationalism in the approach to theology.
Author : Alexander Chalmers
Publisher :
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 1814
Category : Biography
ISBN :
Author : Peter Stuhlmacher
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 2003-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 159244413X
In this essay Peter Stuhlmacher immerses himself and the reader in the crucial issue of the relation between theological understanding and the historical investigation of the Scriptures. What are the limits of the historical-critical method as it has developed? The author's position--presented for the first time in English--allows the claims of the texts to be heard even as critical evaluation continues. This statement takes on extreme importance at a time when so many biblical students and scholars are attempting to discern the future of critical scholarship.
Author : Stephen B. Chapman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 2016-07-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1316577961
This Companion offers a concise and engaging introduction to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Providing an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, it includes essays, specially commissioned for this volume, by twenty-three leading scholars. The volume examines a range of topics, including the historical and religious contexts for the contents of the biblical canon, and critical approaches and methods, as well as newer topics such as the Hebrew Bible in Islam, Western art and literature, and contemporary politics. This Companion is an excellent resource for students at university and graduate level, as well as for laypeople and scholars in other fields who would like to gain an understanding of the current state of the academic discussion. The book does not presume prior knowledge, nor does it engage in highly technical discussions, but it does go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.
Author : Edgar Krentz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 2002-03-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1579109039
Edgar Krentz packs an impressive amount of material into these pages. He calls it a map of the current terrain; it is quite detailed and thoroughly reliable. The Christian Century Edgar Krentz's book introduces the reader to the type of modern biblical interpretation that has held the pride of place for more than a century.... Like its predecessors in the series, this book is an invaluable introduction for the student of the Bible. America
Author : Scott Hahn
Publisher : Herder & Herder
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,59 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780824599034
Resisting the typical, dry methods of contemporary scholarship, this powerful examination revisits the biblical days of life-and-death conflict, struggles for power between popes and kings, and secret alliances of intellectuals united by a desire to pit worldly goals against the spiritual priorities of the church. This account looks beyond the pretense of neutrality and objectivity often found in secular study, and brings to light the appropriation of scripture by politically motivated interpreters. Questioning the techniques taken for granted at divinity schools worldwide, their origins are traced to the writings of Machiavelli and Marsilio of Padua, the political projects of Henry VIII, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke, and the quest for an empire of science on the part of Descartes and Spinoza. Intellectual and inspiring, an argument is made for bringing Christianity back to biblical literacy.
Author : Mark S. Gignilliat
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 33,24 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310589673
Mark Gignilliat discusses critical theologians and their theories of Old Testament interpretation in this concise overview, providing a working knowledge of the historical foundation of contemporary discussions on Old Testament interpretation. Old Testament interpretation developed as theologians and scholars proposed critical theories over time. These figures contributed to a large, developing complex of ideas and trends that serves as the foundation of contemporary discussions on interpretation. Mark Gignilliat brings these figures and their theories together in A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism. His discussion is driven by influential thinkers such as Baruch Spinoza and the critical tradition, Johann Semler and historical criticism, Hermann Gunkel and romanticism, Gerhard von Rad and the tradition-historical approach, Brevard Childs and the canonical approach, and more. This concise overview is ideal for classroom use as it provides a working knowledge of the major critical interpreters of the Old Testament, their approach to the subject matter, and the philosophical background of their approaches. Further reading lists direct readers to additional resources on specific theologians and theories. This book will serve as a companion to the forthcoming textbook Believing Criticism by Richard Schultz.
