A History of Biblical Interpretation
Subtitle: The Ancient Period (History of Biblical Interpretation Series)
Contributors: Alan J. Hauser (Editor); Duane F. Watson (Editor)
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: December 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780802842732
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; History of specific subjects; History; Christianity - History - General; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; Religion; Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General; Bible - Criticism  Interpretation - General; Bible; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism, interpretation, etc.
First sentence: The history of biblical interpretation begins at that unknown point in time when the first biblical traditions were created ("biblical traditions" is used here to mean any materials, such as laws, stories, sayings, pieces of poetry, hymns, oracles, etc. that subsequently found their way, after incorporation into larger bodies of material, into the biblical text as we now have it ).