Phenomenologies of Scripture / Adam Y. Wells, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wells, Adam Y., Editor.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy.

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632-1677. Tractatus theologico-politicus.

Spinoza, Benedictus de.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Phenomenologies of Scripture addresses two increasingly convergent disciplines: philosophy and biblical studies. On the one hand, the recent “theological turn” in phenomenology has established religion as a legitimate area of phenomenological inquiry. If that turn is to be enduringly successful, phenomenology must pay attention to the scriptures on which religious life, practice, and thought are based. On the other hand, biblical studies finds itself in a methodological morass. Contemporary approaches to scripture have raised important questions about the meaning and function of scriptural texts that phenomenology is uniquely positioned to answer: How is the meaning of a text constructed or gleaned? How can the divine be present in human words? Is a scientific approach to the Bible still possible? Bringing together essays by eight of today’s most prominent philosophers of religion with responses by two leading biblical scholars, Phenomenologies of Scripture reestablishes the possibility of fruitful, dialectical exchange between fields that demand to be read together.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Biblical Criticism and the Phenomenology of Scripture

God’s Word and Human Speech

Sketch of a Phenomenological Concept of Sacrifice

To Exist without Enemies

The Manifestation of the Father

Phenomenology as Lectio Divina

Split Interpretations of a Split I

Love and Law according to Paul and Some Phi los o phers

The Affects of Unity

Response

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780823276912

0823276910

9780823277230

0823277232

9780823275588

0823275582

OCLC:

976395984