Biblical interpretation :

Bray, Gerald Lewis.

Biblical interpretation : past & present / Gerald Bray. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c1996. - 608 p. : 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part 1: Before historical criticism -- Beginnings of Biblical interpretation -- Patristic interpretation -- Medieval interpretation -- Renaissance and reformation -- Part 2: The historical-critical period -- Beginning of the historical-critical method -- The nineteenth century (1800-1918) -- Old Testament from De Wette to Wellhausen -- New Testament from Schleiermacher to Schweitzer -- The mid-twentieth century (1918-75) -- Old Testament criticism after Wellhausen -- New Testament criticism after Schweitzer -- Part 3: The contemporary scene -- Academic trends in interpretation -- Social trends in interpretation -- Evangelical trends in interpretation.

A textbook on the history of biblical interpretation that covers the fundamentals and then examines differences across historical periods. Divides the history of biblical interpretation into the period from the ancient church to the Reformation; the rise of historical-critical interpretation from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries; and current trends that offer alternatives to dominant schools of criticism.

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Bible--Hermeneutics.
Bible.--New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS476 / .B739 1996

220.6