"Phenomenologies of Scripture draws the reader into the biblical text through close readings that often reveal sparkling new insights and open up depths previously unplumbed. One does not have to be a trained phenomenologist to benefit from these riches. Time spent with this volume will be amply repaid." -- -Bruce Ellis Benson Loyola Marymount University
Phenomenologies of Scripture addresses two increasingly convergent disciplines: philosophy and biblical studies. On the one hand, the recent “theological turn” in phenomenology has established religion as a legitimate area of phenomenological inquiry. If that turn is to be enduringly successful, phenomenology must pay attention to the scriptures on which religious life, practice, and thought are based. On the other hand, biblical studies finds itself in a methodological morass. Contemporary approaches to scripture have raised important questions about the meaning and function of scriptural texts that phenomenology is uniquely positioned to answer: How is the meaning of a text constructed or gleaned? How can the divine be present in human words? Is a scientific approach to the Bible still possible?
Bringing together essays by eight of today’s most prominent philosophers of religion with responses by two leading biblical scholars, Phenomenologies of Scripture reestablishes the possibility of fruitful, dialectical exchange between fields that demand to be read together.
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A selection of essays by notable phenomenologists and biblical scholars on scriptural texts and interpretive methodology.
I. Introduction Biblical Criticism and the Phenomenology of Scripture Adam Y. Wells II. Reading Scripture Phenomenologically God's Word and Human Speech Robert Sokolowski Sketch of a Phenomenological Concept of Sacrifice Jean-Luc Marion (translated by Stephen Lewis) To Exist Without Enemies Jean-Yves Lacoste (translated by Reuben Glick-Shank) The Manifestation of the Father: On Luke 15: 11-32 Kevin Hart Phenomenology as Lectio Divina: Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery Robyn Horner Split Interpretations of a Split I (Romans 7:7-25) Jean-Louis Chretien (translated by Reuben Glick-Shank) Love and Law According to Paul and Some Philosophers Jeffrey Bloechl The Affects of Unity: Ephesians 4:1-4 Emmanuel Housset (translated by Adam Wells) III. Responses Dwelling in the Thickness Walter Brueggemann Response Dale B. Martin Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
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Phenomenologies of Scripture draws the reader into the biblical text through close readings that often reveal sparkling new insights and open up depths previously unplumbed. One does not have to be a trained phenomenologist to benefit from these riches. Time spent with this volume will be amply repaid.
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9780823275557
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2017-05-01
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Fordham University Press
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229 mm
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152 mm
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P, 06
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Engelsk
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