Reading the Bible theologically

by Sarisky, Darren

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Full title :Reading the Bible theologically / Darren Sarisky, University of Oxford.

Summary

Theological interpretation of the Bible is one of the most significant debates within theology today. Yet what exactly is theological reading? Darren Sarisky proposes that it requires identification of the reader via a theological anthropology; an understanding of the text as a collection of signs; and reading the text with a view toward engaging with what it says of transcendence. Accounts of theological reading do not often give explicit focus to the place of the reader, but this work seeks to redress this neglect. Sarisky examines Augustine's approach to the Bible and how his theological insights into the reader and the text generate an aim for interpretation, which is fulfilled by fitting reading strategies. He also engages with Spinoza, showing that theological exegesis contrasts not with approaches that take history seriously, but with naturalistic approaches to reading.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2019

The Physical Object

Description:xix, 407 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781108497480, 1108497489, 9781108734097, 110873409X
oclc:on1043304309
LC Classification:BS476
Dewey Decimal:220.601

Part 1: The model of Augustine -- 1. The reader, redemption, and signs -- 2. Between scientia and the Trinity -- Part 2: A constructive proposal -- 3. In contradistinction to naturalism -- 4. Faith and the ecclesial community -- 5. The Bible and theological semiotics -- 6. Exegetical ends and means -- Conclusion.