What is sacred Scripture?
The Old Testament as sacred Scripture
The New Testament as sacred Scripture
Which Scripture is sacred?
The sacred Scripture of Judaism
The sacred Scripture of the early church
Which manuscript?
What's the problem?
The Reformation and the beginnings of a critical text
Recent discoveries
The development of the critical text
Which translation?
The blessing of translation
The challenge of translation
Translation : from the Septuagint to the King James Version
The aims of modern translation
The Geneva Bible redivivus
How does Scripture interpret itself?
Scripture interpreting Scripture in the Hebrew Bible
Typology in the New Testament
What did the early church leaders say?
Change and continuity
Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon
Origen
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
How many senses does Scripture have?
The Quadriga
Abbot Suger
Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Abelard
What is the center of Scripture? : Luther, the scholastics, and the pietists
The center of Scripture and Luther's Reformation
The center of Scripture and Protestant scholastics
The center of Scripture and the pietists
What is the literal sense of Scripture?
The historical event behind the text : Reimarus
Authorial mind or intent : Schleiermacher
Ideas or concepts independent of either history or intent : Jefferson summary
What is modern biblical interpretation?
Modern and post-modern
Source, form, and redaction criticism
What is contemporary biblical interpretation?
A postmodern analogy : on playing ball with the text
Postmodern biblical interpretation : John Frank Kermode
Liberation biblical interpretation : Jon Sobrino
Postcritical biblical interpretation : Hans Frei.
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Sacred Scripture : a short history of interpretation by Richard N. Soulen. ISBN 9780664232467. Published by Westminster John Knox in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
