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The Bible, theology, and faith : a study of Abraham and Jesus / R.W.L. Moberly.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in Christian doctrinePublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.Description: xii, 263 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0521772222 (hb)
  • 0521786460 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230/.041 21
LOC classification:
  • BS 476 .M576 2000
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Contents:
Contents:
1. The Bible, the question of God, and Christian faith; 2. Christ as the key to scripture: the journey to Emmaus; 3. Abraham and God in Genesis 22; 4. Ancient and modern interpretations of Genesis 22; 5. Genesis 22 and the hermeneutics of suspicion; 6. Jesus in Matthew's Gospel as Son of God; 7. Summary and prospect.
Summary: Summary:Summary: How can academic biblical interpretation fruitfully contribute to Christian belief and living in today's world? This book offers a synthesis of some of the best in pre-modern, modern and post-modern approaches to biblical interpretation, and locates the discipline within a self-critical Trinitarian rule of faith, where historical criticism, systematic theology, ethics, and spirituality are constructively combined. Moberly reclaims biblical and patristic principles of what is necessary for meaningful and truthful speech about God to be possible; he engages with contemporary ideological suspicions directed both to scripture and to its interpreters; and he offers an account of God and humanity in relation to both Old and New Testaments. Hermeneutical theory is given practical shape in in-depth studies of Genesis 22 ('The Akedah'), the Journey to Emmaus (Luke 24), and the Christology of Matthew's Gospel, studies which should be of interest to both Jews and Christians.
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks BKS BS 476 .M576 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA015108 Available AUA015108

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and indexes.

Contents:

1. The Bible, the question of God, and Christian faith; 2. Christ as the key to scripture: the journey to Emmaus; 3. Abraham and God in Genesis 22; 4. Ancient and modern interpretations of Genesis 22; 5. Genesis 22 and the hermeneutics of suspicion; 6. Jesus in Matthew's Gospel as Son of God; 7. Summary and prospect.

Summary:


How can academic biblical interpretation fruitfully contribute to Christian belief and living in today's world? This book offers a synthesis of some of the best in pre-modern, modern and post-modern approaches to biblical interpretation, and locates the discipline within a self-critical Trinitarian rule of faith, where historical criticism, systematic theology, ethics, and spirituality are constructively combined. Moberly reclaims biblical and patristic principles of what is necessary for meaningful and truthful speech about God to be possible; he engages with contemporary ideological suspicions directed both to scripture and to its interpreters; and he offers an account of God and humanity in relation to both Old and New Testaments. Hermeneutical theory is given practical shape in in-depth studies of Genesis 22 ('The Akedah'), the Journey to Emmaus (Luke 24), and the Christology of Matthew's Gospel, studies which should be of interest to both Jews and Christians.