Opening the Bible
Subtitle: selected writings of Antony Campbell, SJ
By: Antony Campbell
Publisher: ATF Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Hindmarsh, S. Aust
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9781922239815; 9781922239808
Subjects: Commentaries; Priests' writings; Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The book of Job. Life and Job; title: Job: case study or theology; title: God and suffering: 'It happens': Job's silent solution; title: The book of Job: two questions, one answer; title: The books of Samuel. Synchrony and the storyteller; title: Diachrony and synchrony: ISam 24 and 26; title: From Philistine to throne (1 Sam 16:14-18:16); title: Who dares wins: reflections on the story of David and Goliath and the understanding of human freedom; title: 2 Samuel 21-24: the enigma factor; title: Narrative and storytelling. Pentateuch beyond sources: a new paradigm; title: The nature of biblical narrative; title: The storyteller's role: reported story and biblical text; title: Women storytellers in ancient Israel; title: Child sacrifice and God wrestling: Genesis 22 and 32; title: Preparatory issues in approaching biblical text; title: Form criticism (OT). The emergence of the form-critical and traditio-historical approaches; title: Form criticism's future; title: Structure analysis and the art of exegesis (1 Samuel 16:14-18:30); title: Nature of the Bible. Creationism!: utterly unbiblical; title: The Bible's basic role; title: Word of God and Word of God's people: the Bible's view; title: The Pentateuch: guard's van or engine; title: Martin Noth and the deuteronomistic history; title: Rethinking revelation: the priority of the present over the past; title: The reported story: midway between oral performance and literary art; title: Past history and present text: the clash of classical and post-critical approaches to biblical text; title: Relationship to God. St. Ignatius Loyola and God's unconditional love; title: God: judge or lover?; title: The growth of Joshua 1-12 and the theology of extermination; title: God, anger, and the Old Testament; title: Dei verbum: literary forms and Vatican II; title: an Old Testament perspective; title: The good news and the year for priests; title: Qohelet the wise; title: Reflections around Frank Gil's Have life abundantly: grass roots first; title: Some thoughts for a theologically fuller eucharistic prayer.