Bonhoeffer as biblical interpreter : reading scripture in 1930s Germany / Jameson E. Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Jameson, author.

Series:

T&T Clark new studies in Bonhoeffer's theology and ethics.

T&T Clark new studies in Bonhoeffer's theology and ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology, Doctrinal--Germany--History--20th century.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Germany.

History.

Hermeneutics.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich.

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Germany--Church history--1933-1945.

Church history.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 189 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2021]

Summary:

"Dietrich Bonhoeffer was above all a biblical interpreter. Bonhoeffer's ecclesial hermeneutic consists of a self-reflective form of interpretation in which the ecclesial context is taken for granted, creating and shaping a closely related hermeneutical framework and interpretive practice. This book shows this coordinated relationship by oscillating between Bonhoeffer's explicit hermeneutical reflections and his actual interpretation of biblical texts. After the introduction situates the argument in relation to Bonhoeffer scholarship and outlines the project, Ross shows that Bonhoeffer's biblical interpretation in the 1930s is indebted to the ecclesial hermeneutic he developed already in 1925 in a student essay. Ecclesial acts of theology and preaching proceed through "pneumatische Auslegung," interpretation on the basis of the Spirit. Ross uses the interpretive activity in order to show what the newly inflected ecclesial hermeneutic of the Finkenwalde period looks like in practice by analyzing two sections of Nachfolge. Ross suggests that Bonhoeffer's relation to Scripture is best understood by utilizing the doctrinal resources of Pneumatology, carefully relating divine and human action in interpretation, and that his ecclesial hermeneutic contributes to conversations about how to interpret Scripture today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Prelude: Framing Interpretation

ch. 2 Berlin: Practicing Interpretation In The Academy

ch. 3 London: Practicing Interpretation In The Church

ch. 4 Interlude: Reframing Interpretation

ch. 5 Finkenwalde: Practicing Interpretation In The Seminary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Ross, Jameson. Bonhoeffer as biblical interpreter

ISBN:

9780567693051

0567693058

9780567702241

0567702243

OCLC:

1252740619

Publisher Number:

99989175069