The lost world of scripture : ancient literary culture and biblical authority / John H. Walton and D. Brent Sandy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, John H., 1952-

Contributor:

Sandy, D. Brent, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Evidences, authority, etc.

Bible.

Bible and tradition.

Oral tradition.

Oral communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Walton and Sandy summarize what we know of orality and oral tradition as well as the composition and transmission of texts in the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world, and how this shapes our understanding of the Old and New Testaments. The authors then translate these insights into a helpful model for understanding the reliability of Scripture.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: The Old Testament World of Composition and Communication""; ""Proposition 1: Ancient Near Eastern Societies Were Hearing Dominant and Had Nothing Comparable to Authors and Books as We Know Them""; ""Proposition 2: Expansions and Revisions Were Possible as Documents Were Copied Generation After Generation and Eventually Compiled into Literary Works""; ""Proposition 3: Effective Communication Must Accommodate to the Culture and Nature of the Audience""

""Proposition 4: The Bible Contains No New Revelation About the Workings and Understanding of the Material World""""Stepping Back and Summing Up ""; ""Part 2: The New Testament World of Composition and Communication""; ""Proposition 5: Much of the Literature of the Greco-Roman World Retained Elements of a Hearing-Dominant Culture""; ""Proposition 6: Oral and Written Approaches to Literature Entail Significant Differences""; ""Proposition 7: Greek Historians, Philosophers and Jewish Rabbis Offer Instructive Examples of Ancient Oral Culture""

""Proposition 8: Jesus� World Was Predominantly Non-Literate and Oral""""Proposition 9: Logos/Word Referred to Oral Communication, Not to Written Texts""; ""Proposition 10: Jesus Proclaimed Truth in Oral Forms and Commissioned His Followers to Do the Same""; ""Proposition 11: Variants Were Common in the Oral Texts of Jesus� Words and Deeds""; ""Proposition 12: Throughout the New Testament, Spoken Words Rather Than Written Words Were the Primary Focus""; ""Proposition 13: Exact Wording Was Not Necessary to Preserve and Transmit Reliable Representations of Inspired Truth""

""Stepping Back and Summing Up""""Part 3: The Biblical World of Literary Genres ""; ""Proposition 14: The Authority of Old Testament Narrative Literature Is More Connected to Revelation Than to History""; ""Proposition 15: The Authority of Old Testament Legal Literature Is More Connected to Revelation Than to Law""; ""Proposition 16: The Authority of Old Testament Prophetic Literature Is More Connected to Revelation Than to Future-Telling""; ""Proposition 17: The Genres of the New Testament Are More Connected to Orality Than Textuality""

""Part 4: Concluding Affirmations on the Origin and Authority of Scripture""""Proposition 18: Affirmations About the Origin of Scripture Confirm Its Fundamental Oral Nature""; ""Proposition 19: Affirmations About the Authority of Scripture Assert Its Divine Source and Illocution""; ""Proposition 20: Inerrancy Has Essential Roles and Limitations""; ""Proposition 21: Belief in Authority Not Only Involves What the Bible Is but Also What We Do with It""; ""Faithful Conclusions for Virtuous Readers""; ""About the Authors""; ""More Titles from InterVarsity Press""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9780830864980

0830864989

OCLC:

923183718