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Index
Abbreviations
1. Journals and Series
2. Other Abbreviations
Introduction
1. RESEARCH ON THE FORMATION OF THE PENTATEUCH
I. The Documentary Hypothesis
A. From the Beginnings to De Wette
B. Wellhausen
C. Gunkel, von Rad, and Noth
II. Presuppositions and Methodological Problems of the Documentary Hypothesis
A. Philosophical and Cultural Presuppositions of the Documentary Hypothesis
B. Methodological Problems with the Documentary Hypothesis
III. Calling the Documentary Hypothesis into Question
A. New Studies and the Multiplication of Sources
B. Van Seters and Rendtorff
C. Recent Developments
IV. Proposals for a Synchronic Reading of the Pentateuch
V. Does a Theory about the Origins of the Pentateuch Serve Any Useful Purpose?
VI. Conclusions
2. THE CRITICAL STUDY OF THE PROPHETS
I. The Traditional Image of the Prophets in the Church and in Judaism
A. The Place of the Prophets in the Christian History of Salvation
B. The Place of the Prophets in Jewish Tradition
II. The Critical Study of the Prophets: Toward a New Paradigm
A. Wellhausen: The Law Does Not Precede the Prophets
B. Duhm and Kuenen: The Spirit of Prophecy
III. The Study of the Psychology of the Prophet
A. Hölscher
B. Gunkel
IV. Philosophical and Cultural Presuppositions of the Critical Study of the Prophets
V. Calling the Postulates of the New Paradigm into Question
A. The Relation of the Prophets to the Law
B. The Prophets and the Cult
C. The Prophets and Ethical Monotheism
D. Ecstatic Prophecy
VI. New Interpretive Trends
A. The Canonical Reading of the Prophets
B. The Social Sciences Reading
VII. Conclusions
3. CHARACTERISTIC DIMENSIONS OF THE CATHOLIC INTERPRETATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
I. The Nature of Revelation and the Two Methodological Dimensions of Exegesis
II. The Theological Dimension of the Method: Faith, the Appropriate Presupposition for Biblical Interpretation
A. The Starting Point: A Unique Event in History
B. Reason Open to Reality
C. The Personal Involvement of the Exegete: His Moral Responsibility
1. The Irresponsibility of a “Neutral” Position That Excludes Faith
2. Some Decisive Factors That Are Hidden behind the “Neutral” Position
3. Consequences of the “Neutral” Position
III. The Historical Dimension of the Interpretation of Scripture
A. The Need for a Historical and Literary Study of Scripture
B. The Historical-Critical Method: Lights and Shadows
C. Textual Criticism and the Search for the “Original” Text of the Old Testament
D. Literary Criticism of the Old Testament: Diachrony and Synchrony
IV. The Reading of the Old Testament from the Perspective of the New
V. Conclusions
General Conclusions
Bibliography
End Notes
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