Introduction to the Bible

Volume1

AvGregory W. Dawes

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

Del 1 i serien NEW COLLEGEVILLE BIBLE COMMENTARY: OLD TESTAMENT

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When we first pick it up and open it, the Bible can seem confusing and perhaps even frightening. Here is this bulky book, made up of seventy-three sections with unfamiliar titles such as Deuteronomy, Ecclesiastes, Colossians, and Corinthians, with numbers in front of almost every sentence, rarely any pictures, and perhaps a few maps of ancient areas such as Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Judah. Since the Bible looks like a book, we may start to read it as we would any other book, hoping to move from cover to cover. Then we begin to wonder, Who wrote this? When was it written? What kind of writing is this: History? Science? Biography? Fiction? What am I supposed to get out of it? As (or if) we keep reading the Bible page by page, section by section, we soon realize that this is no ordinary run-of-the-bookshelf volume. Without a guide the Bible is likely to remain the book most often purchased but not very often read and even less often understood.To rescue Bible readers and students from turning their initial enthusiasm into boredom, Gregory Dawes gives us this Introduction to the Bible, the indispensable prologue to the entire series of the New Collegeville Bible Commentary. Dividing the contents into two parts, the author first describes how the Old and New Testaments came to be put together, and then explores how their stories have been interpreted over the centuries. In the words of Dawes, this very broad overview of a very complex history offers the general reader a helpful framework within which to begin to understand the Bible. The author writes clearly, frequently seasoning his explanations with crisp examples. This book anchors individual and group Bible study on the solid foundation of basic biblical vocabulary and concepts. Gregory W. Dawes is senior lecturer in both religious studies and philosophy at the University of Otago (New Zealand). He undertook graduate study at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, where he completed the Licentiate degree, before receiving a PhD from the University of Otago in 1995. He has written several books, the most recent being The Historical Jesus Question: The Challenge of History to Religious Authority (Westminster John Knox, 2001). He is currently researching Christian responses to the work of Charles Darwin.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-08-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 5 mm
Vikt:113 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:NEW COLLEGEVILLE BIBLE COMMENTARY: OLD TESTAMENT
Antal sidor:80
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780814628355

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Gregory W. Dawes is senior lecturer in both religious studies and philosophy at the University of Otago (New Zealand). He undertook graduate study at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, where he completed the Licentiate degree, before receiving a PhD from the University of Otago in 1995. He has written several books, the most recent being The Historical Jesus Question: The Challenge of History to Religious Authority (Westminster John Knox, 2001). He is currently researching Christian responses to the work of Charles Darwin.

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This is a fine introductory volume to a series that holds great promise for the average reader.The Bible Today

Innehållsförteckning

CONTENTSAbbreviations 5Introduction 6THE ORIGINS OF THE BIBLE 11The Biblical Canon 11The Formation of the Old Testament Canon 13(a) The crisis of the Exile 13(b) The growth of the canon 16(c) Canonical and deuterocanonical books 18The Formation of the New Testament Canon 22(a) The Old Testament as Christian Scripture 22(b) Stages in the development of a canon 23Texts and Translations 26(a) The transmission of the biblical text 26(b) Ancient translations 28(c) Modern translations 30(d) Division into chapters and verses 33THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE 34The Task of Interpretation 34Patristic and Medieval Interpretation (ca. 200–1500) 38Principles of Patristic and Medieval Interpretation 38(a) Old and New Testaments 39 (b) Bible and church 39(c) Sacred and secular knowledge 40Patristic and Medieval Exegesis 41(a) The regula fidei (rule of faith) 42(b) The spiritual sense of Scripture 42(c) The four senses of Scripture 43Reformation and Counter-Reformation (ca. 1500–1650) 46The Bible and the Church 48(a) The Bible interprets itself 48(b) The Bible authenticates itself 49(c) The Bible has a single meaning 51The Catholic Response 52The Bible in the Modern Era (ca. 1650–today) 54The Development of Historical Criticism 54The Reception of Historical Criticism 57(a) The Protestant Churches 57(b) The Catholic Church 59Postmodern Biblical Interpretation 65The Indeterminacy of Meaning 65(a) Part and whole 65(b) The historical context 67(c) The “intentional fallacy” 68(d) Text and reader 70(e) A hermeneutics of suspicion 71Conclusions 73Review Aids and Discussion Topics 75Maps 79