This book provides the first complete guide for students to the present state of biblical studies. The twenty-one specially commissioned chapters are written by established scholars from North America and Britain, and represent both traditional and contemporary points of view. The chapters in Part One cover all the methods and approaches currently practised in the academic study of the Bible, while those in Part Two examine the major categories of books in the Bible from the perspective of recent scholarship - e.g. historical books of the Old Testament, Gospels, prophetic literature. Major issues raised are: the relation of modern 'critical' study of the Bible to 'pre-critical' and 'post-critical' approaches; the place of history in the study of the Bible; feminist, liberationist and new historicist concerns; the relation of Christian and Jewish scholarship; and recent interest in the Bible as literature.
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The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation, despite its dry-as-dust title, is a feast of answers to the extremely juicy question, "What does the Bible mean?" Editor John Barton shaped this book of essays as a "progress report on biblical interpretation in the 1990s." He invited leading scholars to provide 10-to-20 page definitions and summaries of recent developments in fields such as feminist interpretation, literary criticism, political reading, and sociological criticism. As Barton notes, there emerges from this book "a perception among many biblical scholars that the newest approaches are also a restoration of something very old." In other words, abstract hyphenates like "historical-critical" are helping scholars, pastors, and tuned-in laypeople learn to read like the fathers and mothers of faith. The fresh perspectives presented here make it possible to return to the Scriptures with renewed openness to the many shades of revelation. --Michael Joseph Gross
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"These studies are very informative overviews of the particular subjects and their advocates, and they will be persuasive to those who share the assumptions with which the topics are addressed." E. Earle Ellis, Southwestern Journal of Theology
"...a progress report on biblical interpretation in the 1990s...." New Testament Abstracts
"For an overview of recent Bible scholarship, one cannot do better than The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation....this is a lively, thorough, easy-to-read guide to the action." Tom D'Evelyn, The Providence Sunday Journal
"This is one of the best collections addressing methodological approaches and their application and is an important teaching tool in the face of the bewildering array of methodologies presently employed." Tammi J. Schneider, Religious Studies Review
"...a progress report on biblical interpretation in the 1990s...." New Testament Abstracts
"For an overview of recent Bible scholarship, one cannot do better than The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation....this is a lively, thorough, easy-to-read guide to the action." Tom D'Evelyn, The Providence Sunday Journal
"This is one of the best collections addressing methodological approaches and their application and is an important teaching tool in the face of the bewildering array of methodologies presently employed." Tammi J. Schneider, Religious Studies Review
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Historical criticism, also known as the historical-critical method, was the dominant approach in the academic study of the Bible from the mid-nineteenth century until a generation ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first verset, second verset, theoretical hermeneutics, canonical shaping, personal eschatology, biblical parallelism, biblical poetry, feminist interpreters, biblical historiography, historical critics, prophetic books, canonical criticism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, New Testament, New York, Fortress Press, Hebrew Bible, Cambridge University Press, New Haven, Oxford University Press, Scholars Press, Grand Rapids, Clarendon Press, Sheffield Academic Press, John Knox Press, Yale University Press, Phyllis Trible, Fourth Gospel, Near East, Robert Alter, Abingdon Press, New Historicist, Rudolf Bultmann, Westminster Press, Iron Age, Paul Ricoeur, Synoptic Gospels New!
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Historical criticism, also known as the historical-critical method, was the dominant approach in the academic study of the Bible from the mid-nineteenth century until a generation ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first verset, second verset, theoretical hermeneutics, canonical shaping, personal eschatology, biblical parallelism, biblical poetry, feminist interpreters, biblical historiography, historical critics, prophetic books, canonical criticism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Testament, New Testament, New York, Fortress Press, Hebrew Bible, Cambridge University Press, New Haven, Oxford University Press, Scholars Press, Grand Rapids, Clarendon Press, Sheffield Academic Press, John Knox Press, Yale University Press, Phyllis Trible, Fourth Gospel, Near East, Robert Alter, Abingdon Press, New Historicist, Rudolf Bultmann, Westminster Press, Iron Age, Paul Ricoeur, Synoptic Gospels New!
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- Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Israel (Clarendon Paperbacks) by Michael Fishbane on 5 pages
- Wisdom in Israel by Herhard Von Rad on 5 pages
- Old Testament Theology: The Theology of Israel's Historical Traditions v. 1 by Gerhard Von Rad on 4 pages
- Rebirth of Images Pb by Farrer A on page 25, page 175, and page 177
- An Introduction to the Sociology of the New Testament by Derek Tidball on page 46, page 47, and page 49
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- The Cambridge Companion to Liberation Theology (Cambridge Companions to Religion) by Christopher Rowland in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 103
- The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age by John J. Collins on page 10, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Concise Dictionary of Bible Origins and Interpretation by Alec Gilmore in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Receiving the Bible in Faith: Historical and Theological Exegesis by David M. Williams on page 212, and Back Matter
- How to Read the Bible by Marc Zvi Brettler PhD in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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