Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics

Orlov traces the origins of Azazel and Satanael to different and competing mythologies of...

Current conflicts in both national and international arenas have undermined the natural, organic concept of nationhood as conventionally espoused in the nineteenth century. Conceiving a Nation argues that the modern understanding of the nation as a contested concept--as the product of a fluid and ongoing process of negotiation open to a range of livable solutions--is actually rooted in the Bible.

This book draws attention to the contribution that the Bible makes to political discourse about the nation. The Bible is particularly well suited to this open-ended discourse...

Representing the fruit of several decades of research, this major work questions standard approaches to Jesus studies and rethinks our knowledge of the historical Jesus in light of recent progress in the...

Bernard Lonergan's notion of the 'universal viewpoint' is at once a timely and an unpopular topic. The very term seems to violate the postmodern concern for indigenous contexts, and yet, given the development of information technologies, world courts and international charters of rights, the need for universal frameworks has never been greater. This study by Ivo Coelho shows Lonergan's approach to be a complex blend of dialectic and dialogue that has much to offer to a discourse on transcultural issues.

Coelho shows Lonergan's universal viewpoint to be an important hermeneutical...

A translated text is laced with interpretive assumptions. By focusing on the Septuagint, J. Ross Wagner highlights the creative theology hidden in translation. His model couples patient investigation of the act of translation with careful attention to the translated texts' rhetorical features. Wagner focuses upon Isaiah's opening vision, clarifying its language, elucidating its character, and contextualizing its message. "Reading the Sealed Book "demonstrates how such translations serve as distinctive contributions to theology and reveal the contours of Jewish identity in the Hellenistic...

This book provides an interpretation of Galatians 6:11-17 which yields significant insights about Paul's perception of the crisis in Galatia, and the solution he presents to his readers in light of it.

In the first section of the book, the epistolary form and function of Galatians 6:11-17 are analysed. Revealed as a body-closing, it works to sharpen and complete Paul's message by spelling out his motivation for writing and establishing the basis for further communication with his readers. The theme of persecution in the letter is then seen rendered both explicitly and implicitly...

A Confident Peace also reminds us the more things change the more they stay the same. God's...

Der Band versammelt 16 Aufsatze des Munchner Alttestamentlers Hermann-Josef Stipp, die hier in revidierter Form wieder abgedruckt werden. Gegenstand sind Texte aus der Priesterschrift, dem Deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerk und der Prophetie. Beispiele aus dem Inhalt:

• Anfang und Ende. Nochmals zur Syntax von Gen 1,1
• Dominium terrae. Die Herrschaft uber die Tiere in Gen 1,26.28
• "Alles Fleisch hatte seinen Wandel auf der Erde verdorben" (Gen 6,12). Die Mitverantwortung der Tierwelt an der Sintflut nach der Priesterschrift
• "Meinen Bund hat er...

This book considers the academic treatment of biblical interpretation in the renewal movement, the fastest growing tradition in Christendom today.

After an initial chapter surveying the history of biblical interpretation, Part II outlines a proposal for the future of biblical hermeneutics in the tradition. Six renewal scholars address certain key questions. What is the role of the Holy Spirit in biblical interpretation? What are the distinctive presuppositions, methods and goals of renewal biblical hermeneutics? Three prominent biblical scholars (Craig G. Bartholomew, James D.G....