Scripture and Its Readers Readings of Israel's Story in Nehemiah 9, Ezekiel 20, and Acts 7

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ooi, Vincent K. H.

Series:

Journal of theological interpretation supplements ; 10.

Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplements ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Acts, VII--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Ezekiel, XX--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Nehemiah, IX--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Local Subjects:

Bible. Acts, VII--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Ezekiel, XX--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Nehemiah, IX--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Hermeneutics--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

That readers and biblical texts are somehow linked in a mutually transformative relationship is hardly a novel perception, especially in contexts where the Christian Bible has been received as normative Scripture for faithful worship and living. This study focuses on an aspect of this relationship and wrestles with it not only in theory, but also in practice by asking: How may a reader who wishes to read the Christian Bible as Scripture well today be formed; and how may interpretations of Scripture themselves inform such concern? Vincent Ooi begins by showing that such concern is not only contemporary but integral to Christian traditions of reading Scripture, and that it is only recently receiving some renewed scholarly attention. He reviews some of these recent works before setting out his own approach from the perspective of theological interpretation of Scripture. He then demonstrates his approach via close exegetical engagement with three biblical texts, namely Nehemiah 9:6–37, Ezekiel 20:5–32, and Acts 7:2–60, which offer different inner-canonical readings of Scripture in the form of distinctive retellings of Israel’s story. He first considers how these texts portray readers of Scripture and use scriptural traditions in relation to the wider context of the Christian canon; he then discusses what they, individually and in concert, might suggest as significant for shaping readers seeking to faithfully appropriate Scripture today. The posture of prayer, the pulse of liturgy, and the patterning of Christ are among the things proposed as formatively significant.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Contemporary Theological Concerns for Readers of Christian Scripture

3. Praying Israel’s Story in Nehemiah 9

4. Retelling Israel’s Story in Ezekiel 20

5. Reading Israel’s Story unto Death in Acts 7

6. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index of Authors

Index of Scripture

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-57506-720-X

OCLC:

904697174