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REVELATION, SCRIPTURE AND CHURCH
THEOLOGICAL HERMENEUTIC THOUGHT OF JAMES BARR, PAUL RICOEUR AND HANS FREI |
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Richard R. Topping, Revd Jeff Astley, Professor James A. Beckford |
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| ISBN 10: |
0754658023 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754658023 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2007 |
| Series: |
Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies |
| Pages: |
252 |
| Description: |
How is God involved with the Bible? And how does God's involvement with the generation of Holy Scripture and its use in the life of the Christian church figure into the human work of Scripture interpretation? This book seeks to address this question. It is eclipsed by the terminal consideration of human realities. |
| Synopsis: |
How does God's involvement with the generation of Holy Scripture and its use in the life of the Christian church figure into the human work of Scripture interpretation? This is the central question that this book seeks to address. In critical conversation with the influential hermeneutic programs of James Barr, Paul Ricoeur and Hans Frei, Topping demonstrates how God's agency has been marginalized in the task of Scripture interpretation. Divine involvement with the Bible is bracketed out (Barr), rendered in generic terms (Ricoeur) or left implicit (Frei) in these depictions of the hermeneutic field. The result is that each of these hermeneutic programs is less than a 'realist' interpretative proposal. Talk of God is eclipsed by the terminal consideration of human realities. Topping argues for the centrality of doctrinal description in a lively theological understanding of Scripture interpretation for the life of the church. |
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UK |
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Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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