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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... things , yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of Truth , in endless Error hurled : The glory , jest , and riddle of the world ! 2. A note about words and reality The history of ideas properly done has the benefit of making us aware of the ...
... things . Perhaps generalizations are best treated as road maps ; when we have never visited a place , they show us where interest- ing sites are located ; when we have actually seen the sites , the maps serve to remind us of the details ...
... things happened in the early church ? We have no reliable information about the procedures followed for book production in the early church , and it is at least possible that different versions of the same text circulated from the ...
... thing as a perfect translation . To appreciate why this is the case , it is necessary to say something about language itself . 1. Understanding language It is important to bear in mind that language is both complicated and more often ...
... thing from them clearly ; but rather , by casting atoms of Scripture as dust before men's eyes , make themselves . This is not to say that the conclusions Introduction to the Nature and Concerns of Biblical Exegesis 19 External Factors ...