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Revelatory Text

Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture [Hardback]

by Sandra M. Schneiders

    • Author

      Sandra M. Schneiders

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Liturgical Press

    • Published

      July 1999

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    In this new edition of her major study of the New Testament, Sandra Schneiders proposes a comprehensive hermeneutical theory for New Testament interpretation, which takes full account of the Bible as both sacred Scripture and as a historical-literary classic. Designed to spur reflection on the role of Scripture as revelatory text in the life of the Church and in the lives of individual believers, The Revelatory Text shows that an integral hermeneutical theory can ground a transformational hermeneutical praxis to make the biblical text available as a faith resource to the oppressed as well as to the privileged.
    Schneiders investigates the meaning of the theological claim that the Bible is the "Word of God" and the “Church's book,” along with the implications of these claims for biblical interpretation. She then examines the historical, literary, and religious-spiritual dimensions of the New Testament, highlighting the implications for interpretation theory and methodology, and concludes by putting her theory to the test in a feminist interpretation of John 4.

    The author argues that the comprehensive object of biblical interpretation is not merely information but transformation. She suggests that an adequate hermeneutical theory must include a wide range of exegetical and critical methods within a theologically and philosophically adequate understanding of Scripture as sacred text. She writes specifically to educated believers who wonder how sound biblical criticism can be incorporated into a faith- filled reading of the New Testament; biblical scholars who struggle with the question of whether or how faith can function legitimately in biblical scholarship; and those whose task it is to teach and preach the faith that looks to the New Testament as source and norm.

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    • Author

      Sandra M. Schneiders

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Liturgical Press

    • Published

      July 1999

    • Edition

      2nd Revised edition

    • Weight

      341g

    • Page Count

      248

    • Dimensions

      152 x 227 x 14 mm

    • ISBN

      9780814659434

    • ISBN-10

      0814659438

    • Eden Code

      1162338

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    • Author/Creator: Sandra M. Schneiders

    • ISBN: 9780814659434

    • Publisher: Liturgical Press

    • Release Date: July 1999

    • Weight: 341g

    • Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 14 mm

    • Eden Code: 1162338


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