The Bible, theology, and faith : a study of Abraham and Jesus /
How can academic biblical interpretation fruitfully contribute to Christian belief and living in today's world? This book offers a synthesis of some of the best in pre-modern, modern and post-modern approaches to biblical interpretation, and locates the discipline within a self-critical Trinita...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Colección: | Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover
- Half-title
- Series-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 The Bible, the question of God, and Christian faith
- Situating the argument
- (1) A basic tension
- (2) Reason and life
- (3) Bible and Church
- (4) Speech about God
- James Barr, 'Does Biblical Study Still Belong to Theology?'
- (1) Exposition
- (2) Preliminary critique
- C.K. Barrett, 'What is New Testament theology?'
- (1) Exposition
- (2) Critique
- The question of religious truth within the accounts of Barr and Barrett.
- The 'Introduction' to The Postmodern Bible by The Bible and Culture Collective
- (1) Exposition
- (2) Critique
- The Bible and the question of God
- Interpreting the Bible in relation to the question of God: some hermeneutical presuppositions
- 2 Christ as the key to scripture: the journey to Emmaus
- The concern of the text
- Narrative and metaphor
- The preliminary conversation (24:17-24)
- Jesus interprets scripture (24:25-7)
- The meal at Emmaus (24:28-35)
- The enduring significance of the story
- Conclusion
- 3 Abraham and God in Genesis 22.
- The canonical significance of Genesis 22
- Introduction to Genesis 22
- Conflicting assessments of Genesis 22
- The central concerns of Genesis 22
- The 'fear of God': interpreting in canonical context
- Two key passages for interpreting 'fear of God'
- (1) Exodus 20:20
- (2) Job 1:1-2:10
- Two problems in understanding 'fear of God'
- (1) The legacy of Rudolph Otto
- (2) Fear of God as fear of unpleasant consequences
- The relational significance of 'fear of God/YHWH': three aspects of Old Testament usage
- Fear of God and fear of YHWH in Genesis 22.
- Abraham's 'fear of God': a preliminary conclusion
- The meanings of testing
- (1) Caveat and terminology
- (2) The analogy with metalworking
- (3) The distinctive idiom of nissah
- (4) Divine testing' in order to know'
- Divine seeing in Genesis 22
- (1) Seeing and providence
- (2) Where is 'YHWH sees'?
- (3) Jerusalem and tradition history
- The significance of Jerusalem as 'YHWH sees'
- YHWH's oath of blessing
- (1) Role within structure of story
- (2) The content of YHWH's blessing
- The problem of child sacrifice
- Metaphorical language and the problem of Abraham's immorality.
- Isaac as beloved son and bearer of God's promise
- 4 Ancient and modern interpretations of Genesis 22
- Genesis 22 in the New Testament and in the Fathers
- Genesis 22 in the work of Vischer
- (1) Hermeneutical presuppositions
- (2) Exposition
- (3) Analysis
- Genesis 22 in the work of von Rad
- (1) Hermeneutical presuppositions and exposition
- (2) Analysis and evaluation
- Von Rad and the relationship between Old and New Testaments
- Abraham in Genesis 18 and 22
- (1) Two Jewish interpretations
- (2) Reflections on Roshwald and Levenson.