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- Because the biblical documents were written in ancient times, in different cultures, and to different peoples, an historical approach to the interpretation of the Bible is deemed necessary. This has become so properly basic that it is nearly an axiom that the contemporary interpretation of the Bible is historical interpretation.
www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2011/the-theological-necessity-of-an-historical-interpretation-of-the-bibleThe Theological Necessity of an Historical Interpretation of ...
Introduction: The Bible and the Problem of Interpretation. ‘As it is written’: How the New Testament reads the Bible. The Rule of Faith: The Bible in the Second Century. Allegory and its Limits: Reading the Bible in Alexandria & Antioch.
The two methods, form criticism and redaction criticism, and the historical‐critical method, are the foundation of biblical interpretation by two prominent theologians of the twentieth century: Karl Barth and Rudolph Bultmann.
- The Importance of History as Such
- The Importance of The History of Biblical Interpretation
- Some of The Major Questions Faced in Biblical Interpretation
- "Outside" Influences on The Development of Biblical Interpretation
- Over-Simplifications That Should Be Avoided
- A Brief Summary of Some of The Major Developments in Biblical Interpretation
- A Personal Comment on My Own Work
The great nineteenth-century scholar Ernst Renan once remarked that the basis for national awareness is a false view of history. This explains some of the reasons nations quarrel, and why large numbers of people get killed. Getting national history right, then, is not a pastime for academics but a necessary pursuit in the interests of learning the ...
In the matter of biblical interpretation, if we are not to fantasize about the imperfections and the mistakes of the past, we have to take a close look at how past scholars have made sense of Holy Writ and to ask whether what they said is useful or misleading, perceptive or simply outdated. The danger is that rather than recognize the individual vi...
which books belong in the canonthe transmission of these books from the time of writing to the presentthe meaning of a text to its writers and first hearersthe time when a biblical book was written and its historical contextThe changes that have taken place in biblical interpretation since 1500 represent a mutual influence between biblical studies and the wider worlds of intellectual inquiry, political developments, cultural norms, voyages of discovery, technological changes, and other factors too numerous to summarize in a short paper. For example, the particularly W...
Serious biblical study was not initiated by Protestantism; if anything, the converse is true � for part of Protestantism was its adoption of the work of humanists such as Erasmus (who incidentall...The development of modern biblical interpretation was not the product of wicked people seeking to discredit religion and destroy the authority of the Bible. A few of the figures involved such as Vo...A detached note about intellectual history: The Renaissance: 1. Renaissance Humanism represented the careful study of language and the examination of the various meanings and usages of words. As part of this, humanists were interested in collecting manuscripts and in using the new technology of printing to make biblical texts of a standard form rea...
In writing my What Have They Done to the Bible? A History of Modern Biblical Interpretation I have tried to read the authors' own work, if possible in the original languages. I have followed the traditional advice to historians: read and read until you hear the people actually speaking. I have 'met' a considerable number of interesting people: if y...
Modern historical study has supposedly refuted the historical accuracy and uniqueness of the Bible. It is argued that when one learns what the facts really are, it is not possible to intelligently believe the Bible is God’s Word, or that the God of the Bible exists.
Nov 27, 2008 · There is an informative overall introduction of the history of biblical interpretation, with attention to the specific emphases of each of the five periods. Each of the texts examined is also provided with an introduction.
- Martin McNamara
- 2009
With the varied history of Biblical Interpretation, we can see that some methods bring God glory in the handling of His word, and others allow for readers to find their own answers. Some of the important lessons we should take away from the history of Biblical Interpretation: Authorial Intent. Author is still the Author. Audience is the Audience
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May 6, 2017 · In the history of the church there have arisen two views of the Scriptures and their proper interpretation: (1) Scripture meaning lies only in its primary, historical sense, or (2) Scripture’s ultimate meaning lies in its fuller, revelatory sense.
