Art of Reading Scripture - Brossura

Davis, Ellen F.; Hays, Richard B.

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ISBN 10: 0802812694 ISBN 13: 9780802812698

Casa editrice: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2003

Riassunto

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 Bauckham
Brian E. Daley
Ellen F. Davis
Richard B. Hays
James C. Howell
Robert W. Jenson
William Stacy Johnson
L. Gregory Jones
Christine McSpadden
R. W. L. Moberly
David C. Steinmetz
Marianne Meye Thompson

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L'autore:

Ellen F. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina.

Product Description:

Written by a group of eminent scholars and teachers, The Art of Reading Scripture clearly restates the proper approach to and goal of reading Scripture. Chapters range from theological principles for understanding the Bible to studies of ways the Bible has been interpreted in the past to examples of good exegesis. Also included are several model sermons on the subject. Above all, The Art of Reading Scripture shows that the Bible is neither a mere historical curiosity nor a therapeutic self-help manual but, first and foremost, the story of God's gracious rescue of our lost and broken world.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0802812694
• ISBN 13: 9780802812698
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 354