| Renewing Biblical Interpretation Contributor(s): Bartholomew, Craig (Editor), Greene, Colin (Editor), Möller, Karl (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0310234115 ISBN-13: 9780310234111 Publisher: Zondervan Academic OUR PRICE: $33.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Renewing Biblical Interpretation is the first of eight volumes from the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar. This annual gathering of Christian scholars from various disciplines was established in 1998 and aims to re-assess the discipline of biblical studies from the foundation up and forge creative new ways for re-opening the Bible in our cultures. Including a retrospective on the consultation by Walter Brueggemann, the contributors to Renewing Biblical Interpretation consider three elements in approaching the Bible?the historical, the literary and the theological?and the underlying philosophical issues that shape the way we think about literature and history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Reference - General - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics - Religion | Biblical Studies - History & Culture |
| Dewey: 220.601 |
| LCCN: 00043726 |
| Series: Scripture and Hermeneutics |
| Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.27" W x 9.28" (1.30 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Renewing Biblical Interpretation is the first of eight volumes from the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar. This annual gathering of Christian scholars from various disciplines was established in 1998 and aims to re-assess the discipline of biblical studies from the foundation up and forge creative new ways for re-opening the Bible in our cultures. Including a retrospective on the consultation by Walter Brueggemann, the contributors to Renewing Biblical Interpretation consider three elements in approaching the Bible--the historical, the literary and the theological--and the underlying philosophical issues that shape the way we think about literature and history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moller, Karl: - Karl Möller is lecturer in theology and religious studies at St. Martin's College, Lancaster, and senior tutor at the Carlisle and Blackburn Diocesan Training Institute. He is the author of A Prophet in Debate: The Rhetoric of Persuasion in the Book of Amos. He has also co-edited Renewing Biblical Interpretation and After Pentecost: Language and Biblical Interpretation.Bartholomew, Craig: - Craig Bartholomew (MA, Potchefstroom University, PhD, Bristol University) is professor of philosophy and biblical studies at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Reading Ecclesiastes: Old Testament Exegesis and Hermeneutical Theory. He has also edited In the Fields of the Lord: A Calvin Served Reader and co-edited Christ and Consumerism: A Critical Analysis of the Spirit of the Age. He is the series editor for the Scripture and Hermeneutics Series.Greene, Colin: - Colin Greene is head of theology and public policy at the British and Foreign Bible Society and visiting professor of systematic and philosophical theology at Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of Christology and Atonement in Historical Context and the forthcoming Making Out the Horizons: Christ in Cultural Perspective. |