The Bible as Christian scripture
Subtitle: the work of Brevard S. Childs
By: edited by Christopher R. Seitz and Kent Harold Richards
Series: Biblical scholarship in North America -- number 25; Biblical scholarship in North America -- no. 25.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781589837133; 9781589837140; 9781589838840
Subjects: Bible; Childs, Brevard S.; Biblische Theologie; Hermeneutik; Criticism, interpretation; Exegese; Canon; Bible. Old Testament - Theology; Theology; Bible. Old Testament - Criticism, interpretation; Bible. Old Testament - Canon
Description: "This memorial volume both displays and evaluates the canonical approach of Brevard S. Childs, whose attention to history through time animated his interest in the Bible's use in the church through the ages up to and including the present."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Tribute to Brevard S. Childs, at the International SBL Meeting in Vienna, Austria  -- Christopher R. Seitz; title: Brevard Childs and form criticism  -- David L. Petersen; title: The wrath of God at Mount Sinai (Exod 32; Deut 9-10)  -- Jörg Jeremias; title: The contrastive unity of scripture : on the hermeneutics of the biblical canon  -- Bernd Janowski; title: Brevard Childs as a historical critic : divine concession and the unity of the canon  -- Stephen B. Chapman; title: Theological intrepretation, the historical formation of scripture, and God's action in time  -- Neil. B. MacDonald; title: Faith seeking canonical understanding : Childs's guide to the Pauline letters  -- Leander E. Keck; title: Childs and the history of interpretation  -- Mark W. Elliott; title: Biblical theology and the communicative presence of God  -- Murray A. Rae; title: The doctrine of God is a hermeneutic : the Biblical theology of Brevard S. Childs  -- C. Kavin Rowe; title: A shared reality : ontology in Brevard Childs's Isaiah commentary  -- Mark Gignilliat; title: A tale of two testaments : Childs, Old Testament Torah, and Heilsgeschichte  -- Don Collett; title: Reflections on the rule of faith  -- Leonard G. Finn; title: Childs and the canon or rule of faith  -- Daniel R. Driver; title: Psalm 34 : redaction, inner-biblical exegesis and the longer psalm superscriptions : "mistake" making and theological significance  -- Christopher R. Seitz; title: Allegory and typology within biblical interpretation -- Brevard S. Childs.