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Biblical exegesis and the formation of Christian culture / Frances M. Young.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson, [2002]Description: xiv, 325 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1565637356 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.6/09/015 21
LOC classification:
  • BS476 .Y68 2002
Contents:
1. Reception and appropriation -- 2. The mind of scripture -- 3. Cultures and literatures -- 4. The advent of scholarship -- 5. Bible and culture -- 6. Reference and cross-reference -- 7. The sacrament of language -- 8. Allegoria and theoria -- 9. The question of method -- 10. The contexts of interpretation -- 11. The life of faith -- 12. The theologian as exegete -- Conclusion and retrospect: towards an outline historical account.
Review: "In this study of how the late ancient educational system influenced patristic biblical exegesis, simplistic reductions to discrete methods (moral, typological, allegorical) and schools (Alexandrian, Antiochene) give way to a more nuanced appreciation. Professor Young's lucid study shows how early Christians used the interpretive tools of Greco-Roman culture to build an alternative Christian culture on the basis of the biblical text."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre Main PHC You (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 04-63

Originally published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-316) and indexes.

1. Reception and appropriation -- 2. The mind of scripture -- 3. Cultures and literatures -- 4. The advent of scholarship -- 5. Bible and culture -- 6. Reference and cross-reference -- 7. The sacrament of language -- 8. Allegoria and theoria -- 9. The question of method -- 10. The contexts of interpretation -- 11. The life of faith -- 12. The theologian as exegete -- Conclusion and retrospect: towards an outline historical account.

"In this study of how the late ancient educational system influenced patristic biblical exegesis, simplistic reductions to discrete methods (moral, typological, allegorical) and schools (Alexandrian, Antiochene) give way to a more nuanced appreciation. Professor Young's lucid study shows how early Christians used the interpretive tools of Greco-Roman culture to build an alternative Christian culture on the basis of the biblical text."--BOOK JACKET.

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