Sacred Scripture
Subtitle: a short history of interpretation
By: Richard N. Soulen.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780664232467
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What is sacred Scripture?; title: The Old Testament as sacred Scripture; title: The New Testament as sacred Scripture; title: Which Scripture is sacred?; title: The sacred Scripture of Judaism; title: The sacred Scripture of the early church; title: Which manuscript?; title: What's the problem?; title: The Reformation and the beginnings of a critical text; title: Recent discoveries; title: The development of the critical text; title: Which translation?; title: The blessing of translation; title: The challenge of translation; title: Translation : from the Septuagint to the King James Version; title: The aims of modern translation; title: The Geneva Bible redivivus; title: How does Scripture interpret itself?; title: Scripture interpreting Scripture in the Hebrew Bible; title: Typology in the New Testament; title: What did the early church leaders say?; title: Change and continuity; title: Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon; title: Origen; title: Augustine, Bishop of Hippo; title: How many senses does Scripture have?; title: The Quadriga; title: Abbot Suger; title: Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Abelard; title: What is the center of Scripture? : Luther, the scholastics, and the pietists; title: The center of Scripture and Luther's Reformation; title: The center of Scripture and Protestant scholastics; title: The center of Scripture and the pietists; title: What is the literal sense of Scripture?; title: The historical event behind the text : Reimarus; title: Authorial mind or intent : Schleiermacher; title: Ideas or concepts independent of either history or intent : Jefferson summary; title: What is modern biblical interpretation?; title: Modern and post-modern; title: Source, form, and redaction criticism; title: What is contemporary biblical interpretation?; title: A postmodern analogy : on playing ball with the text; title: Postmodern biblical interpretation : John Frank Kermode; title: Liberation biblical interpretation : Jon Sobrino; title: Postcritical biblical interpretation : Hans Frei.