Essays in Biblical interpretation
By: by Henry Preserved Smith ...
Series: The Amherst books
Publisher: Marshall Jones Company
Published: 1921
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Description: This book does not claim to be a history of biblical interpretation. It is an attempt to illustrate certain ways in which the Old Testament part of our Bible has been treated in the course of the Christian centuries. Since almost every theologian, Jewish or Christian, has directly or indirectly commented on the Scriptures, a complete history of this branch of science would seem to be beyond the powers of any one man. Some account of the main currents of thought in this department can be gathered, I venture to hope, from the following pages. - Preface.
Notes: "Bibliographical note": p. 193.
Table of contents: title: Hebrew literary methods; title: Legalistic interpretation; title: The triumph of allegory; title: Scholasticism dominant; title: Luther's appeal; title: Protest and reaction; title: Attempt of the Federal School; title: Rise of a more historical view; title: The influence of Pietism; title: Endeavors after a biblical theology; title: The bishop's problem; title: The significance of Wellhausen; title: Historical interpretation; title: Some survivals; title: Apocalyptic vagaries