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Reading Sacred Scripture

Voices from the History of Biblical Interpretation

  • Paperback
  • 448 pages
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • 15 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

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For Christians seeking a deeper understanding of Scripture

Helps you grasp the unique voice of the Bible

You will enrich your reading of Scripture profoundly

Explore the depths of Biblical interpretation with insights from history's greatest thinkers.

Though well-known and oft-repeated, the advice to read the Bible "like any other book" is extremely unhelpful, say Stephen and Martin Westerholm, since the voice of Scripture calls us to hear and respond to its words uniquely as divine address. In Reading Sacred Scripture the authors (father and son) invite their readers to engage seriously with a dozen major Bible interpreters - ranging from the second century to the twentieth - who have been attentive to Scripture's voice. After expertly setting forth pertinent background context in two initial chapters, the Westerholms devote a separate chapter to each interpreter, exploring how these key Christian thinkers each understood Scripture and how it should be read. Though differing widely in their approaches to the text and its interpretation these twelve select interpreters all insisted that the Bible is like no other book and should be read accordingly. Subjects discussed include: Irenaeus, Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, The Pietists and Wesley, Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Barth and Bonhoeffer.
Reading Sacred Scripture and The Blackwell Companion to Paul
The Blackwell Companion to PaulReading Sacred Scripture

  • Title

    Reading Sacred Scripture

  • Authors

    Martin Westerholm +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Items in Pack

    1

  • Publisher

    Eerdmans Publishing Company

  • Published

    January 2016

  • Weight

    636g

  • Page Count

    448

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780802872296

  • ISBN-10

    0802872298

  • Eden Code

    4373176

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