Befriending Scripture : Sideways Glances at a Theology of Reading.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowlands, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, 2025.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Builds upon and moves beyond John Webster's influential work on Scripture's ontology to construct a hermeneutical approach to scriptural interpretation.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Theological interpretation in recent history

Outline of Befriending Scripture

Conclusion

Chapter 1: The benefits of theological reading

Problems facing Biblical Studies

The emergence of reception history

A way forward for Biblical Studies?

Chapter 2: Scripture's ontology and theological reading

John Webster on Scripture's ontology

Textuality and meaning

Chapter 3: The hermeneutics of theological reading

Gadamer and Hirsch on reading and meaning

Different games, competing doxae

Doxa in practice: An example

Chapter 4: 'Mood' and theological reading

Heidegger, Dasein and 'Mood'

Reading with suspicion

An alternative 'mood' for reading Scripture

Chapter 5: Formation and theological reading

Reading Scripture on the road to Emmaus

Prayer and theological speech

Chapter 6: Supersessionism and theological reading

The Old Testament as Jewish literature

The New Testament as Jewish literature

Chapter 7: Historiography and theological reading

The literal sense of Scripture

Historie, Geschichte and myth in Bultmann's demythologizing

Theology, historiography and resurrection

Chapter 8: In place of a conclusion

Summary of Befriending Scripture

Areas for further reflection

Sachkritik and Barth's Römerbrief

Bibliography

Index.

ISBN:

0-567-71739-9

0-567-71737-2

0-567-71738-0

OCLC:

1534190328