Opening up the Scriptures
Subtitle: Joseph Ratzinger and the foundations of biblical interpretation
By: edited by José Granados, Carlos Granados & Luis Sánchez-Navarro.
Contributors: Granados, José.; Granados, Carlos.; Sánchez Navarro, Luis, 1965-
Series: Ressourcement : retrieval and renewal in Catholic thought
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780802860118
Subjects: Bible -- Hermeneutics.
Work titles: Escritura e interpretación. English.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: value: On the horizon of hope; value: Carlos Granados and Luis Sánchez-Navarro; value: Scriptural interpretation in conflict : on the foundations and the itinerary of exegesis today; value: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger; value: Preliminary consideration : where we are and what we must do; value: The state of the problem; value: The task; value: Examples of self-criticism of the; value: Historical-critical method : the methodologies of Martin Dibelius and Rudolf Bultmann; value: The main elements of the method and their presuppositions; value: The philosophical origin of the method; value: Basic elements of a new synthesis; value: Biblical exegesis : a science of faith; value: Ignace de la Potterie; value: The Bible : human word and Word of God; value: The Bible as human Word; value: The Bible and the Word of God; value: The relation between the two aspects; value: What does Scripture have to say about this?; value: The unity of the whole of Scripture; value: The interpretation of sacred Scripture : a science of faith; value: The problem; value: The "science of faith" according to R. Guardini; value: Michael Theobald's critical reaction; value: Attempt at a synthesis; value: Is a biblical theology possible?; value: Paul Beauchamp; value: The reality and the wish; value: A theology of the two Testaments is necessary today; value: Christian-Jewish relations; value: The Gospel and cultures; value: Biblical law and the violence of the world; value: Jesus Christ and the two Testaments; value: The challenge; value: The commitment of the subject-reader; value: The course of the research; value: Ethics and aesthetics; value: Obstacles; value: Exegesis : reading the Scriptures in faith; value: Bruna Costacurta; value: Christ in contemporary exegesis : where we are and where we are going; value: Klemens Stock; value: Outline of the situation today; value: Thesis 1: the gap between the pre-Paschal Jesus and the post-Paschal Christ has shrunk somewhat; value: Thesis 2: the search for the "historical Jesus" continues; value: Thesis 3: there is a growing distance from historical-critical exegesis from many sides; value: Thesis 4: there are efforts to reclaim the Jewishness of Jesus; value: Thesis 5: new approaches are also affecting how we see Christ; value: Possible directions for exegetical work on Christ; value: First guideline : less violence with the sources; value: Second guideline : more trust in the unique form of the sources; value: Third guideline : painstaking historical work; value: Fourth guideline : the whole as the reference-point; value: Christ in John and Mark; value: All of God's relations to men are mediated to them through Jesus; value: Mark is concentrated on the christological question; value: Mark preserves the christological question; value: The reception in the church of the dogmatic constitution "dei verbum"; value: Albert Cardinal VanHoye; value: Scripture and Word of God; value: Scripture and tradition; value: Revelation and communion; value: Inspiration and believing community; value: Biblical studies and theology; value: Exegesis and the magisterium of the church; value: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger original publications.