Reading the Bible with Giants: How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpretation Can Shed Light on Old Texts: Second Edition - Softcover

Parris, David Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071889412X ISBN 13: 9780718894122

Publisher: Lutterworth Press, 2015

Synopsis

Many readers of the Bible believe that interpreting the Scriptures well simply involves a two-way dialogue between themselves and the text. Implied in this view is the idea that we can simply jump over two thousand years of biblical interpretation. However, if we believe that God has been speaking through the Bible to devout believers throughout history it would seem that we should find a way to identify the insights they perceived in the text so that we can learn to read these sacred texts with them. Drawing on resources from Reception Theory, the goal of 'Reading the Bible with the Giants' is to enable the contemporary reader to interpret the Bible in dialogue with those who have gone before us.

Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The First Historical Horizon: The Author and the Audience
Chapter 2 - Words
Chapter 3 - The Best Fish Story Ever Told
Chapter 4 - The Second Historical Horizon: A Living Tradition
Chapter 5 - Tradition as a Road Map of Interpretation
Chapter 6 - The Third Historical Horizon: Reading within a Tradition
Chapter 7 - Ten Reading Strategies
Chapter 8 - Reception Theory: Teaching and Preaching
Appendix: Critically Evaluating Internet Sources
References and Resources for Further Study "

About this title

About the Author

David Parris is the Associate Director and Affiliate Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary's Colorado Springs campus. He is the author of 'Reception Theory and Biblical Interpretation'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lutterworth Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 071889412X
• ISBN 13: 9780718894122
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 234