Art of Reading Scripture - Couverture souple

Davis, Ellen F.; Hays, Richard B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802812694 ISBN 13 : 9780802812698

Editeur : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2003

Synopsis

The difficulty of interpreting the Bible is felt all over today. Is the Bible still authoritative for the faith and practice of the church? If so, in what way? What practices of reading offer the most appropriate approach to understanding Scripture? The church's lack of clarity about these issues has hindered its witness and mission, causing it to speak with an uncertain voice to the challenges of our time. This important book is for a twenty-first-century church that seems to have lost the art of reading the Bible attentively and imaginatively. The Art of Reading Scripture is written by a group of eminent scholars and teachers seeking to recover the church's rich heritage of biblical interpretation in a dramatically changed cultural environment. Asking how best to read the Bible in a postmodern context, the contributors together affirm up front "Nine Theses" that provide substantial guidance for the church. The essays and sermons that follow both amplify and model the approach to Scripture outlined in the Nine Theses. Lucidly conceived, carefully written, and shimmering with fresh insights, The Art of Reading Scripture proposes a far-reaching revolution in how the Bible is taught in theological seminaries and calls pastors and teachers in the church to rethink their practices of using the Bible.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ellen F. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802812694
• ISBN 13: 9780802812698
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 354
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible