History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 4: From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century

by Henning Graf Reventlow

Publisher:

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

, 2010

Overview

This volume in History of Biblical Interpretation surveys the lives and works of significant theologians, lay people, politicians, and philosophers who represent the attitudes of their era. Largely concerning the development of biblical criticism, it begins with the controversy over the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament and extends into Enlightenment ethics, myth, and miracle stories. Early representatives include Richard Simon and Hermann Samuel Reimarus, followed by Johann Salomo Semler, Johann Jakob Griesbach, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, and Philipp Jacob Spener. Biblical scholars such as Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, Wilhelm Bousset, Karl Barth, and Rudolf Bultmann round out the volume and bring readers to the twentieth century.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The most important investigation is directed at the history of the cult” (Page 317)

“Babylonian culture was known by the Canaanites at the time of Israel’s entrance into the land, and the immigrants soon adopted Canaanite culture (151) and thereby came indirectly under Babylonian influence.” (Page 342)

Product Details

• Title: History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 4: From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century
• Author: Henning Graf Reventlow
• Series: Society of Biblical Literature Resources for Biblical Study
• Volume: 4
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History
• ISBNs: 9781589834606, 9781589832022, 9781589834552, 9781589834590, 9789004146730, 9789004177956, 9789004177963, 9789004177970, 1589834607, 1589832027, 1589834550, 1589834593, 9004146733, 9004177957, 9004177965, 9004177973
• Resource ID: LLS:HSTBBLCLCNTRY04
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:02:11Z

About Henning Graf Reventlow

Henning Graf Reventlow is professor emeritus of Old Testament exegesis and theology, faculty of Protestant theology, University of the Ruhr, Bochum, Germany.