Reading Sacred Scripture: Voices from the History of Biblical Interpretation - Couverture souple

Westerholm, Stephen; Westerholm, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0802872298 ISBN 13 : 9780802872296

Editeur : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Though well-known and oft-repeated, the advice to read the Bible like any other book is extremely unhelpful, say Stephen and Martin Westerholm, since the voice of Scripture calls us to hear and respond to its words uniquely as divine address. In Reading Sacred Scripture the authors (father and son) invite their readers to engage seriously with a dozen major Bible interpreters ranging from the second century to the twentieth who have been attentive to Scriptures voice. After expertly setting forth pertinent background context in two initial chapters, the Westerholms devote a separate chapter to each interpreter, exploring how these key Christian thinkers each understood Scripture and how it should be read. Though differing widely in their approaches to the text and its interpretation these twelve select interpreters all insisted that the Bible is like no other book and should be read accordingly. Subjects discussed include: Irenaeus, Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, The Pietists and Wesley, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Barth and Bonhoeffer.|Though well-known and oft-repeated, the advice to read the Bible like any other book is extremely unhelpful, say Stephen and Martin Westerholm, since the voice of Scripture calls us to hear and respond to its words uniquely as divine address. In Reading Sacred Scripture the authors (father and son) invite their readers to engage seriously with a dozen major Bible interpreters ranging from the second century to the twentieth who have been attentive to Scriptures voice. After expertly setting forth pertinent background context in two initial chapters, the Westerholms devote a separate chapter to each interpreter, exploring how these key Christian thinkers each understood Scripture and how it should be read. Though differing widely in their approaches to the text and its interpretation these twelve select interpreters all insisted that the Bible is like no other book and should be read accordingly. Subjects discussed include: Irenaeus, Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, The Pietists and Wesley, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Barth and Bonhoeffer.

Biographie de l'auteur

Stephen Westerholm is professor of early Christianity at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Among his previous publications are Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme and Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The Lutheran Paul and His Critics.|Martin Westerholm is teaching fellow in systematic and historical theology at the University of St. Andrews. He is also the author of the forthcoming volume The Ordering of the Christian Mind: Karl Barth and Theological Rationality.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0802872298
• ISBN 13: 9780802872296
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 480