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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... truth escapes our efforts , the news is not new . But if it is taken to mean that everything is completely arbitrary and subjective , then it follows that anything can mean anything , and therefore nothing means anything . I see here ...
... 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 dangers of the popular words we all are prone ...
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... truth or the falsity of the religion it describes depends on its special origins . A classic example of this special status is found in Bacon's New Atlantis ( 1627 ) , in which the people who do not have contact with the rest of the ...
... Truth of Christianity . A third justification has been an appeal to the Holy Spirit , whose internal testimony to the reader confirms the sacred nature of the text . This position was argued most forcefully by Calvin and has ...