The Use and Abuse of the Bible: A Brief History of Biblical Interpretation

ISBN-13: 9780567090577 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str.

Henry Wansbrough

Opis

Written in an engaging and entertaining manner, this title from leading Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough charts the use and abuse of scripture throughout the ages.

Spis treści

Foreword: Which Bible? What is the Bible?
1. The First Century: The Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New
2. The Second Century: Melito and Irenaeus
3. The Third Century: Origen
4. The Fourth Century: Jerome
5. The Dark Ages: Bede and the Bible
6. The High Middle Ages: Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas Aquinas
7. Two Norfolk Ladies: Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe
8. Martin Luther
9. The Bible in the Politics of Early Seventeenth Century England
10. John and Charles Wesley
11. Newman
12. The Bible and the State of Israel
13. Lectio Divina
Bibliography
Timeline