Jonathan Edwards and scripture: biblical exegesis in British North America
Jonathan Edwards and Scripture provides a fresh look at the important, burgeoning field of Edwards and the Bible, offering a needed corrective in Edwards research. It gives careful attention to Edwards' biblical exegesis, considers it in the context of early Anglo-American history, and compares...
| Summary: | Jonathan Edwards and Scripture provides a fresh look at the important, burgeoning field of Edwards and the Bible, offering a needed corrective in Edwards research. It gives careful attention to Edwards' biblical exegesis, considers it in the context of early Anglo-American history, and compares it with that of other interpreters of Scripture. Cover -- Half title -- Jonathan Edwards and Scripture -- Copyright -- Contents -- Works of Jonathan Edwards Titles -- About the Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Jonathan Edwards' Scriptural Practices -- 2. Jonathan Edwards' Principles of Interpreting Scripture -- 3. Early Modern Biblical Commentary and Jonathan Edwards -- 4. Language of the Heart: The Bible in Jonathan Edwards' Personal Life and Spiritual Practice -- 5. Spiritual Meaning and Experimental Piety in the Exegesis of Cotton Mather and Jonathan Edwards -- 6. Jacob Wrestling with "a Man": Jonathan Edwards and Contemporaries on Genesis 32:22-32 -- 7. Jonathan Edwards' French Connection: The Pentateuch and the Practices of Public History -- 8. A Fish Tale: Jonathan Edwards and Cotton Mather on Jonah's Whale -- 9. "Of His Fullness Have All We Received": Johannine Themes in Jonathan Edwards' Interpretation of Scripture - -- 10. Jonathan Edwards' Reflections on the Virgin Mary -- 11. Jonathan Edwards, War, and the Bible -- 12. Jonathan Edwards, the Bible, and Conversion -- 13. Was Jonathan Edwards an Evangelical? Scripture and Tradition in America's Theologian -- Conclusion -- Genral Index -- Scripture Index. |
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| ISBN: | 019024951X |