Revelation, Scripture and Church (Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies) - Softcover

Topping, Richard R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138311820 ISBN 13: 9781138311824

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1138311820
• ISBN 13: 9781138311824
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256