Biblical exegesis and the formation of Christian culture /

This book challenges standard accounts of early Christian exegesis of the Bible. Professor Young sets the interpretation of the Bible in the context of the Graeco-Roman world - the dissemination of books and learning, the way texts were received and read, the function of literature in shaping not on...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Young, Frances M. (Frances Margaret)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Bible > Hermeneutics.
Bible > Herméneutique.
Bible
Christian civilization.
Christianity and culture.
Civilisation chrétienne.
11.33 Bible study and interpretation.
RELIGION > Biblical Reference > Quotations.
Christian civilization
Christianity and culture
Hermeneutics
Exegese.
Bijbel.
Vroege kerk.
Christianisme et culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Exegesis and the unity of the scriptures. Reception and appropriation; The mind of scripture
  • Part II. The Bible as classic. Cultures and literatures; The advent of scholarship; Bible and culture
  • Part III. Language and reference. Reference and cross-reference; The sacrament of language; Allegoria and theoria; The question of method
  • Part IV. The Bible and the life of faith. The contexts of interpretation; The life of faith; The theologian as exegete.

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