The Hermeneutics of Historical Distance: Mapping the Terrain of American Biblical Criticism, 1880-1914

Robert Moore-Jumonville

ISBN 10: 0761824626 / ISBN 13: 9780761824626

Published by University Press Of America, 2003

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266 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hermeneutics of Historical Distance: Mapping the Terrain of American Biblical Criticism, 1880-1914
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761824626
• ISBN 13: 9780761824626
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.35 kilograms

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Synopsis

Historians have tended to create a dualistic paradigm, which excludes a mediating biblical criticism in America. For polemical reasons, it has been easier for both conservatives and liberals to polarize moderates as the opposition or to ignore them altogether. Rather than the common modernist/fundamentalist paradigm, which is dualistic, a more accurate way to interpret the biblical criticism of late nineteenth century America is to construe a theological spectrum extending from right to left.

About the Author

Robert Moore-Jumonville is Associate Professor of Religion, Spring Arbor University, Michigan.