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In this book, Schneiders investigates the meaning of the theological claim that the Bible is the "Word of God" and the "church's book," along with the implications of these claims for biblical interpretation. She then examines the historical, literary, and religious-spiritua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schneiders, Sandra Marie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 1999.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; PART I: The New Testament as Sacred Scripture; Chapter 1-The Problem and Project of New Testament Interpretation; A. Introduction to the Project; B. The Objectives of New Testament Interpretation; C. The Meaning of Meaning; D. Hermeneutics as Inquiry into Interpretation; Chapter 2-The New Testament as Word of God; A. The Linguistic Expression "Word of God": A Metaphor; B. The Referent of "Word of God": Symbolic Revelation; C. The Bible as Word of God: Sacrament.
  • D. Theological Reflection on Scripture as Word of God: The Sacred Character of the Bible1. Revelation; 2. Inspiration; 3. Infallibility and Inerrancy; 4. Authority and Normativity; E. The Role of Faith in Biblical Interpretation; Chapter 3-The New Testament as the Church's Book; A. The Meaning of the Claim; B. The Meaning of Tradition and Its Relation to the New Testament; 1. Tradition and the Historical Consciousness of the Church; 2. Tradition as Foundation, Content, and Mode of the Church's Effective Historical Consciousness; a. Foundation; b. Content; c. Mode.
  • C. The Role of Tradition in the Interpretation of the New Testament1. The Hermeneutical Dialectic Between Scripture and Tradition; 2. Canon as a Paradigmatic Instance of the Dialectical Relationship Between Scripture and Tradition; 3. Faith, Tradition, and the Interpretation of Scripture; PART II: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture; Chapter 4-The World Behind the Text: History, Imagination, and the Revelatory Text; A. Reformulating the Question of the "Historical Jesus"; B. The Text and Its Subject Matter; C. The Paschal Imagination as Agent and Object of the Revelatory Text.
  • D. The Relation Among the Three Levels: Actual, Historical, and ProclaimedE. Implications for Interpretation of the Relation of the Text to Its Subject Matter: The Problem of Methodology; 1. The Terminology; 2. Various Methodological Approaches to the Text; a. Historical Approaches; b. Literary Approaches; c. Psychological and Sociological Approaches; d. Ideology Criticism Approaches; e. Theological, Religious, and Spirituality Approaches; 3. Exegesis, Criticism, and Hermeneutics; a. Exegesis; b. Criticism; c. Hermeneutics; F. Conclusion.
  • Chapter 5-The World of the Text: Witness, Language, and the Revelatory TextA. Introduction; B. The Text as Witness; 1. When Is Recourse to a Witness Necessary?; 2. Who Can Testify?; 3. What Is Testimony?; 4. How Does Testifying Occur?; C. The Text as Language; 1. General Characteristics of Language; 2. The Text as Written Discourse; a. The Analogy of Written Discourse with Dialogue; b. Inscription and Distanciation; c. Ideal Meaning Versus Authorial Intention; d. The Text as Art Object and as Work of Art; e. The Text as Classic; D. Methodology and the Revelatory Text.