What Have They Done to the Bible?: A History of Modern Biblical InterpretationLiturgical Press, 2005 - 378 σελίδες Why have so many scholars ceased to believe in a type of inspiration that distinguishes the Bible from every other book? Why is fundamentalism so unsatisfying to modern people? This history of biblical interpretation from 1500 to the present answers these questions by showing how biblical scholarship has developed under the influence of internal and external factors. In What Have They Done to the Bible John Sandys-Wunsch documents the changes that have taken place in biblical exegesis since 1500 and accounts for the major reasons for these changes. Answering the question of why fundamentalism is unsatisfying to modern people, Sandys-Wunsch maintains that this development was the result of occurrences both within and outside biblical interpretation. The internal" developments consisted of work on the textual tradition, biblical languages, and the recognition of wider problems such as consistency, cogency, and coherence within biblical documents. *External - factors were the development of secular society, tolerance, academic freedom, a perceived dichotomy between the Bible and science, and information about human culture in general, both past and present. He concludes that after the Renaissance it was the application of historical considerations to both the internal and external factors of the biblical tradition that was the main source of the modern approach to the Bible. The Rev. Dr. John Sandys-Wunsch, D.S.Litt., D.Phil., formerly a university professor and administrator in Canada and England, is a research fellow at the University of Victoria. " |
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... Evidence from other areas of knowledge : How is the Bible being related to new discoveries in cognate disciplines , such as world his- tory , languages , and ethnology ? 7 Some warnings : 1. Objectivity and subjectivity There is Preface xi.
... knowledge for the Sceptic side , With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God , or Beast ; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer ; Born but to die , and ...
... knowledge are like those who feel they under- stand the Middle East because they know where Damascus is located . 4. Right and wrong directions in the history of biblical criticism It is the charm of generalizations that has often ...
... knowledge of language can often lead to bad interpreta- tion . For example , much has been made of the fact that the Hebrew ruach , which means " spirit " or " wind , " is feminine . This is drawn into discussion about the feminine in ...
... in many areas of human life , not least of all in science , see Edward Shils , Tradition ( Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1981 ) . 2. Sources of knowledge external to the Bible as criteria 20 What Have They Done to the Bible ?