The Multivalence of Biblical Texts and Theological Meanings
Series: - SBL - Symposium, Volume: 37
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This important interdisciplinary collection asks how the same biblical texts, shared across Jewish and Christian traditions, can be interpreted for different theological reasons and to different theological ends. Each article takes a sustained look at the intimate relation between features of particular texts and the generation of theological meanings, tracking in each case how different meanings are made or found in the same texts and where meanings diverge in different theologies. The book applies the most current historical and literary strategies of biblical interpretation to study the multivalence constitutive of texts and theologies. The contributors are John Barton, David Carr, Stephen T. Davis, Christian A. Eberhart, Lincoln E. Galloway, Gary Gilbert, Christine Helmer, Kevin Mongrain, Bernd Oberdorfer, and C. R. Seitz.
Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
Christine Helmer is Senior Scholar in Theology at Harvard Divinity School. She is the author of The Trinity and Martin Luther (von Zabern) and coeditor of Biblical Interpretation: History, Context, and Reality (Society of Biblical Literature) and One Scripture or Many? Canon From Biblical, Theological, and Philosophical Perspectives (Oxford University Press).
These interdisciplinary essays by an international team of scholars raise a number of crucial issues in biblical interpretation and for biblical theology. They also offer some inspiring suggestions and perspectives well worth pursuing.
Christoph Stenschke, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Christoph Stenschke, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Contents
Introduction: Multivalence in Biblical Theology, Christine Helmer
For the Love of Christ: Generic and Unique Elements in Christian Theological Readings of the Song of Songs, David Carr
Fixity and Potential in Isaiah, C. R. Seitz
The Term “Sacrifice” and the Problem of Theological Abstraction: A Study of the Reception History of Genesis 22:1–19, Christian A. Eberhart
“Consider the Lilies of the Field…”: A Sociorhetorical Analysis of Matthew 6:25–34, Lincoln E. Galloway
Luke-Acts and Negotiation of Authority and Identity in the Roman World, Gary Gilbert
The Fall and Human Depravity, John Barton
“Who Can Forgive Sins but God Alone?”: Jesus, Forgiveness, and Divinity, Stephen T. Davis
Worship in Spirit and Truth: Louis-Marie Chauvet’s Sacramental Reading of John 4:21–24, Kevin Mongrain
“… Who Proceeds from the father”—and the Son? The Use of the Bible in the Filioque Debate: A Historical and Ecumenical Case Study and Hermeneutical Reflections, Bernd Oberdorfer
Recovering the Real: A Case Study of Schleiermacher’s Theology, Christine Helmer
Introduction: Multivalence in Biblical Theology, Christine Helmer
For the Love of Christ: Generic and Unique Elements in Christian Theological Readings of the Song of Songs, David Carr
Fixity and Potential in Isaiah, C. R. Seitz
The Term “Sacrifice” and the Problem of Theological Abstraction: A Study of the Reception History of Genesis 22:1–19, Christian A. Eberhart
“Consider the Lilies of the Field…”: A Sociorhetorical Analysis of Matthew 6:25–34, Lincoln E. Galloway
Luke-Acts and Negotiation of Authority and Identity in the Roman World, Gary Gilbert
The Fall and Human Depravity, John Barton
“Who Can Forgive Sins but God Alone?”: Jesus, Forgiveness, and Divinity, Stephen T. Davis
Worship in Spirit and Truth: Louis-Marie Chauvet’s Sacramental Reading of John 4:21–24, Kevin Mongrain
“… Who Proceeds from the father”—and the Son? The Use of the Bible in the Filioque Debate: A Historical and Ecumenical Case Study and Hermeneutical Reflections, Bernd Oberdorfer
Recovering the Real: A Case Study of Schleiermacher’s Theology, Christine Helmer