TY - BOOK AU - Bray,Gerald Lewis TI - Biblical interpretation: past & present SN - 9780830815654 AV - BS476 .B739 1996 U1 - 220.6 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Downers Grove, Ill. PB - IVP Academic KW - Bible KW - Hermeneutics KW - New Testament KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -