Scriptural Interpretation: A Theological Exploration. By Darren Sarisky
This is a work that is very nicely written and that does a number of things rather well. It considers how the theology of a Church Father (Basil of Caesarea) was informed by Scripture, and how this might have something to teach more recent attempts (Stanley Hauerwas, Rowan Williams). There is also t...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 693-695 |
| Review of: | Scriptural interpretation (Malden, Mass. [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) (Elliott, Mark W.)
Scriptural interpretation (Malden, Mass. [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) (Elliott, Mark W.) |
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| Summary: | This is a work that is very nicely written and that does a number of things rather well. It considers how the theology of a Church Father (Basil of Caesarea) was informed by Scripture, and how this might have something to teach more recent attempts (Stanley Hauerwas, Rowan Williams). There is also the author’s own constructive project, to offer an account of a theological ontology of the reading subject and the scriptural text. Or, in his own words: ‘The motivation of Part I is to answer theological questions—how Basil uses theological categories to describe hermeneutical space, the practice of reading, and interpretation’s ecclesial location’ (p. 23). In this first section we get Basil’s view of the purpose of angels as spiritual paradigms, the centrality of Deut. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flt143 |