Biblical Interpretation: Past & Present - Hardcover

Bray, Gerald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0830818804 ISBN 13: 9780830818808

Publisher: Intervarsity Pr, 1996

Synopsis

Biblical Interpretation: Past & Present is a unique textbook on the history of biblical interpretation. Gerald Bray begins with basic concepts in the church's biblical interpretation that have remained constant through the ages: divine revelation, the nature of the canon, the relation of the biblical text to the life of Christian churches and the abiding tensions inherent in the act of biblical interpretation.
Three main sections follow. The first surveys the period from the ancient church to the beginnings of modern historical-critical interpretation in the Renaissance and Reformation. The second section engages the rise of modern historical-critical interpretation from the late seventeenth century through the twentieth century. The third section investigates current trends in biblical interpretation that seek to offer alternatives to the dominant school of historical criticism. Each section is divided into chapters focusing on periods or schools of interpretation.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerald L. Bray (Ph.D., La Sorbonne) is a professor at Beeson Divinity School of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and director of research at Latimer Trust. He has written and edited a number of books on different theological subjects. A priest of the Church of England, Bray has also edited the post-Reformation Anglican canons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0830818804
• ISBN 13: 9780830818808
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608