Engaging Scripture: A Model for Theological Interpretation (Challenges in Contemporary Theology) - Hardcover

Fowl, Stephen E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0631208631 ISBN 13: 9780631208631

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

This original essay will be of interest to all those concerned with the inter–relationships between theology and the Bible.

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About the Author

Stephen E. Fowl is Professor in the Department of Theology at Loyola College in Maryland. His previous books include The Story of Christ in the Ethics of Paul and Reading in Communion (with L. Gregory Jones) and The Theological Interpretation of Scripture (Blackwell Publishers, 1997). He has published numerous articles in both biblical studies and ethics, and from 1990–95 was co–editor of Modern Theology.

From the Back Cover

Some books give new answers to old questions. Here is the book that changes the questions themselves. We are therefore extremely fortunate to have Fowl s Engaging Scripture, for this is a book that challenges the presumptions that created the "problem" of the New Testament and its relationship to theology. Fowl s reading of Ephesians on stealing is worth the price of the book in itself. One cannot help but think this book will standout as the mark of a new beginning. Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke University, North Carolina.

The Original Essay will be of interest to all those concerned with the inter–relationships between theological and the Bible. It may be used as a complement to Fowl s collection of classic and contemporary readings, The Theological Interpretation of Scripture (Blackwell Publishers, 1997).

Engaging Scripture Proposes that Christians must read scripture theologically, redressing the recent domination of professional scholarship in this area by historical–criticism. Drawing on the best interpretive traditions of the past, Fowl develops, argues for and displays a new model for the theological interpretation of scripture. This interpretive framework should enable Christians, and particularly Christian theologians, to interpret scripture in a way that helps them to live and worship faithfully.

Theological and theoretical questions are illustrated by reference to particular Christian convictions, practices, and concerns in the US and Britain, and by engaging scriptural passages. These serve as examples of the sort of interpretation Fowl is advocating. In summary, the book looks towards bridging the chasm that arose between biblical studies and theological study following the rise of modernity.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631208631
• ISBN 13: 9780631208631
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232