The historical-critical method : a guide for the perplexed / David R. Law.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Law, David R.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed.

T&T Clark guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Bible.

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Historical Critical Analysis is the main way in which the Bible (both the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament) has been examined and read by scholars in the last century. The term refers to a range of methodologies which examine the origins of biblical texts, in relation to other contemporaneous texts, to form critical approaches and to questions of authorship, audience and authenticty. The aim is to get as close to the original text and its original meaning as possible. For many years Historical Critical Method has been the cornerstone upon which biblical scholarship is built, ev

Contents:

Cover; Halftitle; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; The disputed status of the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'historical' in the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'critical' in the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'method' in the historical-critical method; The sense of Scripture; (a) The original sense; (b) The intended sense; (c) The historical sense; (d) The literal sense; (e) The plain sense; The presuppositions of historical criticism; 1. Probability; 2. Analogy

(a) The past is like the present(b) Analogy between societies; 3. The principle of correlation; 4. Anti-supernaturalism; 5. The bracketing out of inspiration; The methods of historical criticism; 2 A Brief History of Historical Criticism; Traces of historical criticism in the early Church; Intimations of historical criticism in the Middle Ages; The Renaissance: laying the foundations of historical criticism; The Reformation and the rise of literal exegesis; The Enlightenment: the rise of the historical study of the Bible

The nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century: historical criticism as the status quoHistorical criticism and Roman Catholicism; The late twentieth and early twenty-fi rst centuries: the crisis of historical criticism?; 3 Textual Criticism; A brief history of textual criticism; The history of the textual criticism of the Old Testament; The history of the textual criticism of the New Testament; The method of textual criticism; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; The manuscripts; Translations; Quotations by the Rabbis and the Church Fathers; 2. The criterion of best witness

3. The criterion of genealogical relationship(a) The Alexandrian family; (b) The Western family; (c) The Byzantine family; 4. The criterion of reliability; 5. The criterion of antiquity; 6. The criterion of geographical diversity; 7. The criterion of transcriptional probability; (a) The identifi cation of error; (b) Identifying authentic readings; Textual criticism in action; Gen. 2.4b-3.24; 2.4b; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. The criterion of transcriptional probability; 2.12; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. The criterion of transcriptional probability

Matt. 15.21-2815.22: 'Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting. "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon" '; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. Criterion of best witness; 3. Criterion of reliability; 4. Criterion of transcriptional probability; 15.26: 'He answered: "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs"; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. Criterion of best witness; 3. Criterion of transcriptional probability

15.27: 'She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table"

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-567-58310-4

1-280-57600-6

9786613605696

0-567-57820-8

OCLC:

793996912