The canonical approach
Subtitle: a critical reconstruction of the hermeneutics of Brevard S. Childs
By: by Paul R. Noble.
Series: Biblical interpretation series,; v. 16
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
Subjects: Childs, Brevard S.; Bible -- Canonical criticism.; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- History -- 20th century.
Description: The Canonical Approach makes a detailed assessment of Brevard Childs' 'canonical approach' to biblical interpretation. A careful analysis of Childs' work identifies a number of historical, hermeneutical, and theological issues that are central both to Childs' programme and to the wider methodological debate. These include the adequacy of the historical-critical tools, their relationship to the more recent, 'synchronic', approaches, the role of the interpreter's own presuppositions, the viability of working from a specific faith-commitment, and ways in which the ancient texts can 'speak' to the modern church. After an incisive discussion of these questions it is suggested how Childs' programme can be set on a sounder methodological basis. This book is particularly notable for its clarification of Childs' approach, and for its original solutions to a number of central methodological problems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-377) and index.