Divine Scripture in Human Understanding: A Systematic Theology of the Christian Bible (Reading the Scriptures) - Hardcover

Gordon, Joseph K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0268105170 ISBN 13: 9780268105174

Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

In six closely-reasoned chapters, Joseph Gordon presents a detailed account of a Christian doctrine of Scripture in the fullest context of systematic theology.

Divine Scripture in Human Understanding addresses the confusing plurality of contemporary approaches to Christian Scripture—both within and outside the academy—by articulating a traditionally grounded, constructive systematic theology of Christian Scripture. Utilizing primarily the methodological resources of Bernard Lonergan and traditional Christian doctrines of Scripture recovered by Henri de Lubac, it draws upon achievements in historical-critical study of Scripture, studies of the material history of Christian Scripture, reflection on philosophical hermeneutics and philosophical and theological anthropology, and other resources to articulate a unified but open horizon for understanding Christian Scripture today.

Following an overview of the contemporary situation of Christian Scripture, Joseph Gordon identifies intellectual precedents for the work in the writings of Irenaeus, Origen, and Augustine, who all locate Scripture in the economic work of the God to whom it bears witness by interpreting it through the Rule of Faith. Subsequent chapters draw on Scripture itself; classical sources such as Irenaeus, Origen, Augustine, and Aquinas; the fruit of recent studies on the history of Scripture; and the work of recent scholars and theologians to provide a contemporary Christian articulation of the divine and human locations of Christian Scripture and the material history and intelligibility and purpose of Scripture in those locations. The resulting constructive position can serve as a heuristic for affirming the achievements of traditional, historical-critical, and contextual readings of Scripture and provides a basis for addressing issues relatively underemphasized by those respective approaches.

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Joseph K. Gordon is professor of theology at Johnson University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0268105170
• ISBN 13: 9780268105174
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 460
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: University of Notre Dame Press; https://www.nd.edu/; ; Office of General Counsel 204 Main Building; Notre Dame; IN; 46556; USA
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