The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Different ways of interpretation developed within each religion not without considering the others. How were the interactions and how productive were they for the further development of these traditions? Have there been blurred spaces of scholarly activity that transcended sectarian borders? What was the role played by mutual influences in profiling the own tradition against the others? These and other related questions are critically treated in the present volume.
The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Different ways of interpretation developed within each religion not without considering the others. How were the interactions and how productive were they for the further development of these traditions? Have there been blurred spaces of scholarly activity that transcended sectarian borders? What was the role played by mutual influences in profiling the own tradition against the others? These and other related questions are critically treated in the present volume.
The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Different ways of interpretation developed within each religion not without considering the others. How were the interactions and how productive were they for the further development of these traditions? Have there been blurred spaces of scholarly activity that transcended sectarian borders? What was the role played by mutual influences in profiling the own tradition against the others? These and other related questions are critically treated in the present volume.
The art of interpreting Holy Scriptures flourished throughout the culturally heterogeneous pre-modern Orient among Jews, Christians and Muslims. Different ways of interpretation developed within each religion not without considering the others. How were the interactions and how productive were they for the further development of these traditions? Have there been blurred spaces of scholarly activity that transcended sectarian borders? What was the role played by mutual influences in profiling the own tradition against the others? These and other related questions are critically treated in the present volume.
Im Gespräch zwischen evangelischen und orthodoxen Kirchen spielen die Väter der Kirche als gemeinsame Bezugsgröße eine besondere Rolle. Evangelische entdecken dabei die ökumenische Bedeutung der kirchlichen Tradition, Orthodoxe begegnen der reformatorischen Theologie. Wolfgang Bienert hat dem Dialog der EKD mit dem Ökumenischen Patriarchat von Konstantinopel durch zahlreiche Referate Impulse verliehen und die Ergebnisse der Gespräche regelmäßig kommentiert. Die hier ausgewählten Studien bilden somit ein Kompendium der Themen im evangelisch-orthodoxen Dialog der letzten drei Jahrzehnte. Zur Sprache kommen Schrift und Bekenntnis, aber auch Kirche, Sakramente und Rechtfertigung. Grundlegende Studien zur ökumenischen Bedeutung der Kirchenväter und zur Missionstheologie des Luthertums runden den Band ab.