The Art of Reading Scripture Paperback - 2003
by Ellen F. Davis (Editor)
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One day about six years ago I sat around a table dreaming with a group of theologians, biblical scholars, and scholars in secular disciplines who regularly enter into dialogue between their own disciplines and theology.
From the rear cover
The difficulty of interpreting the Bible is felt all over today. Is the Bible still authoritative for the faith and practice of the church? If so, in what way? What practices of reading offer the most appropriate approach to understanding Scripture? The church's lack of clarity about these issues has hindered its witness and mission, causing it to speak with an uncertain voice to the challenges of our time.
This important book is for a twenty-first-century church that seems to have lost the art of reading the Bible attentively and imaginatively. "The Art of Reading Scripture" is written by a group of eminent scholars and teachers seeking to recover the church's rich heritage of biblical interpretation in a dramatically changed cultural environment. Asking how best to read the Bible in a postmodern context, the contributors together affirm up front Nine Theses that provide substantial guidance for the church. The essays and sermons that follow both amplify and model the approach to Scripture outlined in the Nine Theses.
Lucidly conceived, carefully written, and shimmering with fresh insights, "The Art of Reading Scripture" proposes a far-reaching revolution in how the Bible is taught in theological seminaries and calls pastors and teachers in the church to rethink their practices of using the Bible.Contributors: Gary A. Anderson
Richard BauckhamBrian E. Daley
Ellen F. DavisRichard B. Hays
James C. HowellRobert W. Jenson
William Stacy JohnsonL. Gregory Jones
Christine McSpaddenR. W. L. Moberly
David C. SteinmetzMarianne Meye Thompson
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- Title The Art of Reading Scripture
- Author Ellen F. Davis (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 334
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
- Date 2003-10-02
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780802812698 / 0802812694
- Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9.44 x 6.12 x 0.97 in (23.98 x 15.54 x 2.46 cm)
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Themes
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003063072
- Dewey Decimal Code 220.601
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