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Index
Coverpage
Titlepage
Copyright
Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction
THE ORIGINS OF THE BIBLE
The Biblical Canon
The Formation of the Old Testament Canon
(a) The crisis of the Exile
(b) The growth of the canon
(c) Canonical and deuterocanonical books
The Formation of the New Testament Canon
(a) The Old Testament as Christian Scripture
(b) Stages in the development of a canon
Texts and Translations
(a) The transmission of the biblical text
(b) Ancient translations
(c) Modern translations
(d) Division into chapters and verses
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE
The Task of Interpretation
Patristic and Medieval Interpretation (ca. 200–1500)
Principles of Patristic and Medieval Interpretation
(a) Old and New Testaments
(b) Bible and church
(c) Sacred and secular knowledge
Patristic and Medieval Exegesis
(a) The regula fidei (rule of faith)
(b) The spiritual sense of Scripture
(c) The four senses of Scripture
Reformation and Counter-Reformation (ca. 1500–1650)
The Bible and the Church
(a) The Bible interprets itself
(b) The Bible authenticates itself
(c) The Bible has a single meaning
The Catholic Response
The Bible in the Modern Era (ca. 1650–today)
The Development of Historical Criticism
The Reception of Historical Criticism
(a) The Protestant Churches
(b) The Catholic Church
Postmodern Biblical Interpretation
The Indeterminacy of Meaning
(a) Part and whole
(b) The historical context
(c) The “intentional fallacy”
(d) Text and reader
(e) A hermeneutics of suspicion
Conclusions
Review Aids and Discussion Topics
Maps
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