Reading the Bible with Giants: How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpretation Can Shed New Light on Old Texts, 2nd ed.
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Many readers of the Bible believe that interpreting the Scriptures well simply involves a two-way dialogue between themselves and the text. Implied in this view is the idea that we can simply jump over two thousand years of biblical interpretation. However, if we believe that God has been speaking through the Bible to devout believers throughout history it would seem that we should find a way to identify the insights they perceived in the text so that we can learn to read these sacred texts with them. Drawing on resources from Reception Theory, the goal of Reading the Bible with the Giants is to enable the contemporary reader to interpret the Bible in dialogue with those who have gone before us.
- Provides an accessible introduction to the basic concepts of reception theory.
- Makes biblical reading more accurate.
- Enables the contemporary reader to interpret the Bible.
What can we learn from studying how the saints who have gone before us read Scripture? Tracing the ‘afterlife’ of selected biblical texts in the hands of interpreters from ancient to modern times, David Parris underscores the importance of the tradition of biblical interpretation for our own practices as wise readers of the Bible.
--Joel B. Green, Professor of New Testament Interpretation, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA
Parris has provided a lively and accessible introduction to the basic concepts of reception theory, the role these concepts can play in our personal reading of the Bible, and how we teach them to others. This volume is warmly to be welcomed.
--Paul Joyce, Professor, King’s College London, London, UK
David Parris has written a genuinely useful conspectus on the good that follows from reading the Scriptures in the company of faithful readers of the Bible across the centuries. This book is to be highly recommended to any who have the responsibility of teaching Scripture or leading Bible study in both church and secular contexts. Particularly valuable is the practicality and clarity of his opening up fundamental matters of truth and method.
--David Lyle-Jeffrey, Distinguished Professor of Literature & the Humanities, Baylor University, Waco, TX
- Title: Reading the Bible with Giants: How 2000 Years of Biblical Interpretation Can Shed New Light on Old Texts. Second Edition
- Author: David Paul Parris
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible; Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9781842272732, 1630879347, 9781630879341, 184227273X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781630879341
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-27T19:29:46Z