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The use and abuse of the Bible : a brief history of biblical interpretation / Henry Wansbrough.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wansbrough, Henry, 1934- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Use.
- Bible.
- Bible--Use--History.
- Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Christian life--Biblical teaching.
- Christian life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 209 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : T & T Clark, 2010.
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Written in an engaging and entertaining manner, this new book from leading Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough charts the use and abuse of scripture through the ages. It ranges from the evangelists' engagement with Hebrew Scriptures to the use of the Bible in present day politics - most pertinently in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Wansbrough takes as his starting point Frances Young's The Art of Performance . This enables him to creatively display how 'The Bible' is differently 'performed' in different ages. Wansbrough demonstrates the variety of these performances and their different emphases in the history of Christianity to glimpse the different ways in which great figures within the Christian tradition have used and abused the Bible. Indirectly, therefore, it attacks the ever-present danger of fundamentalism, and single-minded interpretation of the Bible. Viewing the interpretation of the Bible against the background of various historical periods gives a valuable insight into the long and rich history of the Church. A final chapter provides a 'worked example' of Lecto Divina providing a window into the author's personal life of praying the Bible."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The interpretation of the Old Testament in the New
- The second century
- Origen
- Jerome
- St Bede
- The High Middle Ages : Bernard of Clairvaux and Thomas Aquinas
- Two Norfolk ladies
- Martin Luther
- The Bible in the politics of early seventeenth-century England
- John and Charles Wesley
- Newman
- The Bible and the state of Israel
- Lectio divina
- General Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-206) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 25, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9780567697226
- 0567697223
- 0-567-12911-X
- 1-282-86865-9
- 9786612868658
- 0-567-56354-5
- OCLC:
- 676696360
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