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Top-notch biblical scholars from around the world and from various Christian traditions offer a fulsome yet readable introduction to the Bible and its interpretation. The book concisely introduces the Old and New Testaments and related topics and examines a wide variety of historical and contemporary interpretive approaches, including African, African-American, Asian, and Latino streams. Contributors include N. T. Wright, M. Daniel Carroll R., Stephen Fowl, Joel Green, Michael Holmes, Edith Humphrey, Christopher Rowland, and K. K. Yeo, among others. Questions for reflection and discussion, an annotated bibliography, and a glossary are included.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	06 juin 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781493406173
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	14 Mo

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Copyright Page
© 2017 by Michael J. Gorman
Published by Baker Academic
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
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Ebook edition created 2017
Ebook corrections 04.06.2018, 02.17.2022
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ISBN 978-1-4934-0617-3
Unless indicated otherwise, Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled CEB are from the Common English Bible © 2011 Common English Bible. Used by permission.
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Endorsements
“I welcome this unique and much-needed volume. Biblical interpretation in service of the church is necessarily conditioned by the many possible locations of an interpreter, including where she or he comes from geographically and culturally and the interpreter’s particular Christian tradition. This volume gathers outstanding, concerned, and passionate authors from many places and from numerous Christian confessions who introduce the text of the Bible, various interpretative traditions, and the Bible’s relevance for contemporary Christian life. Scripture and Its Interpretation is a unique attempt to cross as many interpretative and cultural bridges as possible and provides rich information for the reader on ‘how the Bible is read elsewhere.’ All of us, from professor to undergraduate student, have much to learn from this book.”
— Francis J. Moloney, SDB , Catholic Theological College, University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia
“This interesting and helpful volume describes not only the contents of the Bible but also the many and various ways that people have interpreted the Bible from antiquity to the present in many different Christian communions. It would be a valuable companion to any introductory course and a helpful guide to any beginning reader.”
— George L. Parsenios , Princeton Theological Seminary
“The apostle Paul spoke of the church as having many gifts but one Spirit and as being one body with many members. The same might be said of the Bible itself—one book with many parts and dimensions. That is the premise of this exceptional introduction to Sacred Scripture and its interpretation. Essays by an ecumenical and international team of scholars illustrate in a vivid and effective way the complex composition of the Scriptures, the many-faceted reception it has received over the centuries, and the rich variety of methods of interpretation among those religious traditions that revere the Bible. In a world where some fear diversity, this volume demonstrates that authentic interpretation of the Bible champions both diversity and unity.”
— Donald Senior, CP , Catholic Theological Union
Dedication
To our students: past, present, and future, in our classrooms and around the world
Contents
Cover i
Title Page ii
Copyright Page iii
Endorsements iv
Dedication v
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
List of Contributors xiii
Abbreviations xviii
Introduction xx
Michael J. Gorman
Part 1: The Bible 1
1. The Bible: A Book, a Library, a Story, an Invitation 3
Paul P. Zilonka and Michael J. Gorman
2. The Setting: Biblical Geography, History, and Archaeology 23
Karen J. Wenell
3. The Scriptures of Israel (The Christian Old Testament) 45
Claire Mathews McGinnis
4. The Writings of the New Covenant (The New Testament) 72
Michael J. Gorman
5. Significant Noncanonical Writings 97
Christopher W. Skinner
6. From Books to Library: The Formation of the Biblical Canons 115
Michael W. Holmes
7. From There to Here: The Transmission and Translation of the Bible 133
Michael L. Barré
Part 2: The Interpretation of the Bible in Various Traditions and Cultures 151
8. The Reception of the Bible and Its Significance 155
Christine E. Joynes
9. Premodern Interpretation of the Bible 168
Carole Monica C. Burnett
10. Modern and Postmodern Methods of Biblical Interpretation 187
Joel B. Green
11. Theological Interpretation of the Bible 205
Stephen Fowl
12. Protestant Biblical Interpretation 220
Michael J. Gorman
13. Roman Catholic Biblical Interpretation 240
Ronald D. Witherup
14. Orthodox Interpretation of Scripture 256
Edith M. Humphrey
15. Pentecostal Biblical Interpretation / Spirit Hermeneutics 270
Craig S. Keener
16. African Biblical Interpretation 284
Bungishabaku Katho
17. African American Biblical Interpretation 298
C. Anthony Hunt
18. Latino/Latina Biblical Interpretation 311
M. Daniel Carroll R.
19. Asian and Asian American Biblical Interpretation 324
K. K. Yeo
Part 3: The Bible and Contemporary Christian Existence 337
20. The Bible and Spirituality 339
Patricia Fosarelli and Michael J. Gorman
21. Scripture and Christian Ethics: Embodying Pentecost 353
Brent Laytham
22. The Bible and Politics 365
Christopher Rowland
23. Scripture and Christian Community 377
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
24. The Bible and Christian Mission 388
N. T. Wright
Glossary 401
Scripture Index 426
Subject and Author Index 432
Back Cover 442
Illustrations
1.1 The Gospel of John (P 66 ) 6
1.2 Table: The Jewish Scriptures / Tanak 12
1.3 Table: The Protestant Old Testament 13
1.4 Table: The Roman Catholic Old Testament 14
1.5 Table: The Orthodox Old Testament 15
2.1 Map: The Ancient Near East 26
2.2 Map: Palestine / Israel 27
2.3 Map: The Mediterranean Basin 28
2.4 Archaeological excavations at Jericho 33
2.5 The Western Wall of the Jerusalem temple 38
2.6 The agora (forum) and temple of Apollo in Corinth 40
2.7 Table: Major Periods and Biblical Events 41
3.1 Thirteenth-century Torah scroll 47
3.2 The traditional site of Mount Sinai, overlooking St. Catherine’s Monastery 53
3.3 Statue of King David 60
3.4 The Temple Mount 61
3.5 Table: Major Periods and Events in Israel’s History 69
4.1 The Four Document or Four Source Hypothesis 76
4.2 The Farrer-Goodacre Hypothesis 77
4.3 The Sea of Galilee 79
4.4 Table: Ways of Grouping the Thirteen Pauline Letters 84
4.5 The theater at Ephesus 88
5.1 Caves near Qumran 101
5.2 Nag Hammadi codices 103
5.3 A page from Nag Hammadi Codex II 106
6.1 The Leningrad Codex 119
6.2 Codex Alexandrinus 128
7.1 The Greek New Testament 139
7.2 The Gutenberg Bible 142
8.1 Hinrik Funhof, The Feast of Herod 161
9.1 Origen of Alexandria 172
9.2 Fourteenth-century illuminated manuscript 178
9.3 Table: Time Line of Premodern Interpretation of the Bible 182
10.1 Table: Synopsis of Jesus’ Prayer 191
12.1 Table: An Overview of the Protestant Spectrum 222
13.1 Table: Key Catholic Documents 242
13.2 St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in Rome 243
14.1 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I 257
14.2 A twelfth-century icon of Christ 262
15.1 Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles, California 271
16.1 An ecumenical Scripture conference in Cameroon 288
17.1 Larry Poncho Brown, Praise the Lord with Gladness 300
17.2 Table: “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” 304
18.1 Latino/a Christians at worship 314
18.2 Mural of “la familia” 320
20.1 The Church of Reconciliation at Taizé 340
22.1 Christ driving the money changers from the temple 372
Acknowledgments
My greatest debt as editor is to the contributors to this book, all of whom are scholars with many commitments who made time for this project because they believed in it. They not only wrote their own articles with great precision and clarity, but they also helped one another (and the editor) as needed. Each author was amazingly dedicated to this project and its usefulness for students.
In addition, I am grateful to Emily Hicks, my friend, colleague, and occasional student, for helping to prepare much of the text for editing and revising; and to my first-rate research assistant and former student, Gary Staszak (now an MPhil/PhD student at the University of Wales), especially for preparing the first draft of the glossary, assisting with the bibliographies, and completing various other editorial tasks. I am grateful as well to Michelle Rader, my current research assistant, for her indexing and proofreading. Special thanks are due to two Old Testament colleagues, Christopher B. Hays at Fuller Seminary and Rebecca Hancock at St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute, for their input on specific issues. And many thanks are owed to Joel Green, also of Fuller Seminary and a contributor, for his input on the glossary.
I am grateful as well to the fine staff at Baker Academic, especially Bryan Dyer and Jim Kinney, for their strong support of this book from its inception. Tim West was an incredibly gracious, insightful, and flexible editor, and Brandy Scritchfield was