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Sacred Scripture: A Short History of Interpretation
How did the Bible's sixty-six books become sacred Scripture? How have they been understood and interpreted over the last two thousand years? What was it that led to our acceptance of the Bible as the true word of God? For two millennia, Christians have accepted the importance of the Bible as sacred Scripture, and for as many years they have struggled to comprehend its meaning. Over the centuries the church has expressed the centrality of Scripture in numerous ways, and Christians have studied and interpreted the Bible in a wide variety of faithful approaches. Understanding that process is critical to our ability—and our willingness—to accept the Bible as sacred and true. To that end, Richard Soulen leads us through the history of how Christian understandings of the Bible have changed and developed throughout history.

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Sacred Scripture: A Short History of Interpretation
How did the Bible's sixty-six books become sacred Scripture? How have they been understood and interpreted over the last two thousand years? What was it that led to our acceptance of the Bible as the true word of God? For two millennia, Christians have accepted the importance of the Bible as sacred Scripture, and for as many years they have struggled to comprehend its meaning. Over the centuries the church has expressed the centrality of Scripture in numerous ways, and Christians have studied and interpreted the Bible in a wide variety of faithful approaches. Understanding that process is critical to our ability—and our willingness—to accept the Bible as sacred and true. To that end, Richard Soulen leads us through the history of how Christian understandings of the Bible have changed and developed throughout history.

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Sacred Scripture: A Short History of Interpretation

Sacred Scripture: A Short History of Interpretation

by Richard N. Soulen
Sacred Scripture: A Short History of Interpretation
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Sacred Scripture: A Short History of Interpretation

Sacred Scripture: A Short History of Interpretation

by Richard N. Soulen

Overview

How did the Bible's sixty-six books become sacred Scripture? How have they been understood and interpreted over the last two thousand years? What was it that led to our acceptance of the Bible as the true word of God? For two millennia, Christians have accepted the importance of the Bible as sacred Scripture, and for as many years they have struggled to comprehend its meaning. Over the centuries the church has expressed the centrality of Scripture in numerous ways, and Christians have studied and interpreted the Bible in a wide variety of faithful approaches. Understanding that process is critical to our ability—and our willingness—to accept the Bible as sacred and true. To that end, Richard Soulen leads us through the history of how Christian understandings of the Bible have changed and developed throughout history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780664232467
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date: 02/01/2010
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Richard N. Soulen is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at the Virginia Union University School of Theology in Richmond, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments xi

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1 What Is Sacred Scripture? 1

The Old Testament as Sacred Scripture 1

The New Testament as Sacred Scripture 9

Chapter 2 Which Scripture Is Sacred? 17

The Sacred Scripture of Judaism 18

The Sacred Scriptures of the Early Church 22

Summary 27

Chapter 3 Which Manuscripts? 29

What's the Problem? 29

The Reformation and the Beginnings of a Critical Text of the New Testament 33

Recent Discoveries 36

The Development of the Critical Text 39

Summary 43

Chapter 4 Which Translation? 45

The Blessing of Translation 45

The Challenge of Translation 46

Translation: From the Septuagint to the King James Version 48

The Aims of Modern Translation 52

The Geneva Bible Redivivus 58

Chapter 5 How Does Scripture Interpret Itself? 61

Introduction 61

Scripture Interpreting Scripture in the Hebrew Bible 62

Typology in the New Testament 70

Conclusion 75

Chapter 6 What Did the Early Church Leaders Say? 77

Change and Continuity 77

Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon 78

Origen 80

Augustine, Bishop of Hippo 86

Conclusion 94

Chapter 7 How Many Senses Does Scripture Have? 97

The Quadriga 97

Abbot Suger and the Anagogical Sense 100

Bernard of Clairvaux and the Tropological Sense 102

Peter Abelard and the Allegorical Sense 105

Conclusion 112

Chapter 8 What Is the Center of Scripture? 113

The Center of Scripture and Luther's Reformation 114

The Center of Scripture and Protestant Scholasticism 120

The Center of Scripture and Pietism 121

Conclusion 129

Chapter 9 What Is the Literal Sense of Scripture? 131

Introduction 131

The Historical Event behind the Text: Reimarus 132

Authorial Mind or Intent: Schleiermacher 138

Ideas or Concepts Independent of Either History or Intent: Jefferson 147

Summary 153

Chapter 10 What Is Modern Biblical Interpretation? 155

Modern and Postmodern 155

Source Criticism 158

Form Criticism 161

Redaction Criticism 164

Summary 169

Chapter 11 What Is Contemporary Biblical Interpretation? 171

A Postmodern Analogy: On Playing Ball with the Text 172

Postmodern Biblical Interpretation John Frank Kermode 173

Liberation Biblical Interpretation Jon Sobrino 176

Postcrirical Biblical Interpretation Hans Frei 183

Epilogue 191

Bibliography 197

Index 207

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