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Beyond Biblical Theology: Sacralized Culturalism in Heikki Raisanen's Hermeneutics

by Timo Eskola

  • Hardback
  • 494 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.1 x 23.9 x 3.1 cm

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For scholars interested in modern critical theory

Explains how culturalism shapes modern Bible study

Sharpen your critical eye on historical hermeneutics

Examine the complex intersection of sociology and biblical theology in modern hermeneutics.

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Reading Heikki Raisanen's hermeneutics in context, Timo Eskola explores the development of Western New Testament interpretation. Reclaiming a Wredean approach to the Scriptures, Raisanen focuses on tradition and interpretation. He builds on Weberian sociology, adopted through Peter Berger's theories, and substitutes sacralized culturalism for biblical theology. After examining fourteenth century Quran-criticism and its impact on Reimarus, Eskola discusses the genesis of the revised history-of-religion theory that Raisanen developed when investigating the Quran's relationship to the Bible. Sociology then becomes a link between standard historicism and poststructuralism as Raisanen reinterprets Berger's sociology of knowledge. Raisanen's sacralized culturalism finally becomes the theory from which his magnum opus The Rise of Christian Beliefs has been written.
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  • Title

    Beyond Biblical Theology: Sacralized Culturalism in Heikki Raisanen's Hermeneutics

  • Author

    Timo Eskola

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    October 2013

  • Weight

    886g

  • Page Count

    494

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.9 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004256927

  • ISBN-10

    900425692X

  • Eden Code

    4708878