a critical reconstruction of the hermeneutics of Brevard S. Childs /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Paul R. Noble.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
E.J. Brill,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1995.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vi, 381 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Biblical interpretation series,
Volume Designation
v. 16
ISSN of Series
0928-0731 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-377) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Childs' methodology : some fundamental elements -- From canonical introduction to biblical theology -- Reference, fact, and interpretation -- Historical methodology -- Traditions and the final form -- Philosophical and canonical hermeneutics -- Hermeneutics and objectivism -- The illumination by the Spirit -- Canonical exegesis -- A critical reconstruction of Childs' programme.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
The Canonical Approach makes a detailed assessment of Brevard Childs' 'canonical approach' to biblical interpretation. A careful analysis of Childs' work identifies a number of historical, hermeneutical, and theological issues that are central both to Childs' programme and to the wider methodological debate. These include the adequacy of the historical-critical tools, their relationship to the more recent, 'synchronic', approaches, the role of the interpreter's own presuppositions, the viability of working from a specific faith-commitment, and ways in which the ancient texts can 'speak' to the modern church. After an incisive discussion of these questions it is suggested how Childs' programme can be set on a sounder methodological basis. This book is particularly notable for its clarification of Childs' approach, and for its original solutions to a number of central methodological problems.