Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism
Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism

Author: Christopher M. Hays

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1441245758

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Many introductions to biblical studies describe critical approaches, but they do not discuss the theological implications. This timely resource discusses the relationship between historical criticism and Christian theology to encourage evangelical engagement with historical-critical scholarship. Charting a middle course between wholesale rejection and unreflective embrace, the book introduces evangelicals to a way of understanding and using historical-critical scholarship that doesn't compromise Christian orthodoxy. The book covers eight of the most hotly contested areas of debate in biblical studies, helping readers work out how to square historical criticism with their beliefs.

The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

Author: John Barton

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-07-28

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1139825313

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This book provides the first complete guide for students to the present state of biblical studies. The twenty-one specially commissioned chapters are written by established scholars from North America and Britain, and represent both traditional and contemporary points of view. The chapters in Part One cover all the methods and approaches currently practised in the academic study of the Bible, while those in Part Two examine the major categories of books in the Bible from the perspective of recent scholarship - e.g. historical books of the Old Testament, Gospels, prophetic literature. Major issues raised are: the relation of modern 'critical' study of the Bible to 'pre-critical' and 'post-critical' approaches; the place of history in the study of the Bible; feminist, liberationist and new historicist concerns; the relation of Christian and Jewish scholarship; and recent interest in the Bible as literature.

The Historical-Critical Method: A Guide for the Perplexed
The Historical-Critical Method: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: David R. Law

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2012-04-26

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 0567578208

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Historical Critical Analysis is the main way in which the Bible (both the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament) has been examined and read by scholars in the last century. The term refers to a range of methodologies which examine the origins of biblical texts, in relation to other contemporaneous texts, to form critical approaches and to questions of authorship, audience and authenticty. The aim is to get as close to the 'original text' and its 'original meaning' as possible. For many years Historical Critical Method has been the cornerstone upon which biblical scholarship is built, even as modern studies examine other theoretical approaches to reading the text in history, tradition, and from different audience perspectives the Historical Critical Method still presents the crucial starting point for students and scholars.

Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology Or Ideology
Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology Or Ideology

Author: Eta Linnemann

Publisher: Kregel Academic & Professional

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 9780825430954

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A former liberal scholar and student of Rudolph Bultmann and Ernst Fuchs tells how modern biblical scholarship has drifted far from the truth, and why its assumptions are nonetheless so influential and thereby dangerous.

The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
The Cambridge Companion to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament

Author: Stephen B. Chapman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-07-11

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 1316577961

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This Companion offers a concise and engaging introduction to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Providing an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, it includes essays, specially commissioned for this volume, by twenty-three leading scholars. The volume examines a range of topics, including the historical and religious contexts for the contents of the biblical canon, and critical approaches and methods, as well as newer topics such as the Hebrew Bible in Islam, Western art and literature, and contemporary politics. This Companion is an excellent resource for students at university and graduate level, as well as for laypeople and scholars in other fields who would like to gain an understanding of the current state of the academic discussion. The book does not presume prior knowledge, nor does it engage in highly technical discussions, but it does go into greater detail than a typical introductory textbook.

A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism
A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism

Author: Mark S. Gignilliat

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0310589673

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Mark Gignilliat discusses critical theologians and their theories of Old Testament interpretation in this concise overview, providing a working knowledge of the historical foundation of contemporary discussions on Old Testament interpretation. Old Testament interpretation developed as theologians and scholars proposed critical theories over time. These figures contributed to a large, developing complex of ideas and trends that serves as the foundation of contemporary discussions on interpretation. Mark Gignilliat brings these figures and their theories together in A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism. His discussion is driven by influential thinkers such as Baruch Spinoza and the critical tradition, Johann Semler and historical criticism, Hermann Gunkel and romanticism, Gerhard von Rad and the tradition-historical approach, Brevard Childs and the canonical approach, and more. This concise overview is ideal for classroom use as it provides a working knowledge of the major critical interpreters of the Old Testament, their approach to the subject matter, and the philosophical background of their approaches. Further reading lists direct readers to additional resources on specific theologians and theories. This book will serve as a companion to the forthcoming textbook Believing Criticism by Richard Schultz.

The Historical-Critical Method
The Historical-Critical Method

Author: Edgar Krentz

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2002-03-05

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1579109039

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Edgar Krentz packs an impressive amount of material into these pages. He calls it a map of the current terrain; it is quite detailed and thoroughly reliable. The Christian Century Edgar Krentz's book introduces the reader to the type of modern biblical interpretation that has held the pride of place for more than a century.... Like its predecessors in the series, this book is an invaluable introduction for the student of the Bible. America