glorycloud's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- participatory biblical exegesis Participatory Biblical Exegesis A Theology of Biblical Interpretation Add Cloth Edition to Cart $60.00 Add Paper Edition to Cart $25.00 The interpretation of Scripture has depended largely on the view of history held by theologians and exegetes. In Participatory Biblical Exegesis, Matthew Levering examines the changing views of history that distinguish patristic and medieval biblical exegesis from modern historical-critical exegesis. Levering argues for a delicate interpretive balance, in which history is understood both as a process that participates in God’s creative and redemptive presence and as a set of linear moments. He identifies a split between theological and historical interpretations of scripture beginning in the high Middle Ages, considerably earlier than the emergence of historical-critical methods in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Instead, he offers a vision of Scripture that is rooted in the exegetical practice of St. Thomas Aquinas and his sources but embraces historical-critical research as well. Participatory Biblical Exegesis provides an original theological basis for critical exegesis. It integrates the work of contemporary exegetes, philosophers, theologians, and historians to provide a compelling vision of biblical interpretation. Matthew Levering is associate professor of theology at Ave Maria University. He has published numerous books, including Christ’s Fulfillment of Torah and Temple: Salvation according to Thomas Aquinas (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002). “In recent years a number of theologians have addressed the growing awareness that a strictly historical approach to the interpretation of the Bible has run its course. . . . Levering’s book is the most learned and sophisticated discussion of the issues to date.” —Robert Louis Wilken, University of Virginia 5:36 a.m. - 2008-07-24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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