Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith

Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith
Author: Francis Watson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2004-12-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780567082329

A comparative study in the early interpretation of Jewish scripture, aiming to show how and why Christian and Jewish readers were reading the same texts, yet reading them differently.

Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith

Paul and the Hermeneutics of Faith
Author: Francis Watson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567657779

In recent years, scholars from both Christian and Jewish backgrounds have tried to rethink the relationship between earliest Christianity and its Jewish milieu; and Paul has emerged as a central figure in this debate. Francis Watson contributes to this scholarly discussion by seeing Paul and his Jewish contemporaries as, above all, readers of scripture. However different the conclusions they draw, they all endeavour to make sense of the same normative scriptural texts - in the belief that, as they interpret the scriptural texts, the texts will themselves interpret and illuminate the world of contemporary experience. In that sense, Paul and his contemporaries are standing on common ground. Far from relativizing their differences, however, it is this common ground that makes such differences possible. In this new edition Watson provides a comprehensive new introduction entitled 'A Response to My Critics' in which he directly engages with the critics of the previous edition. There is a substantial new Preface and two new Appendices, and the text has been fully revised throughout.

Paul, the Corinthians and the Birth of Christian Hermeneutics

Paul, the Corinthians and the Birth of Christian Hermeneutics
Author: Margaret M. Mitchell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781107407077

In a series of exchanges with the Corinthians in the mid-50s AD, Paul continually sought to define the meaning of his message, his body and his letters, at times insisting upon a literal understanding, at others urging the reader to move beyond the words to a deeper sense within. Proposing a fresh approach to early Christian exegesis, Margaret M. Mitchell shows how in the Corinthian letters Paul was fashioning the very principles that later authors would use to interpret all scripture. Originally delivered as The Speaker's Lectures in Biblical Studies at Oxford University, this volume recreates the dynamism of the Pauline letters in their immediate historical context and beyond it in their later use by patristic exegetes. An engagingly written, insightful demonstration of the hermeneutical impact of Paul's Corinthian correspondence on early Christian exegetes, it also illustrates a new way to think about the history of reception of biblical texts.

Ricoeur's Hermeneutics of Religion

Ricoeur's Hermeneutics of Religion
Author: Brian Gregor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2018-11-29
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781498584739

In this important new book, Brian Gregor gives a comprehensive account of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy of religion, which focuses on the regeneration of human capability. Gregor documents the thinkers, movements, and themes that shaped Ricoeur's thought and gives a critical examination of Ricoeur's philosophical interpretation of religion.

Paul in Israel's Story

Paul in Israel's Story
Author: John L. Meech
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2006-08-10
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0195306945

"In Paul in Israel's Story, John Meech addresses the problem of the self in community in a theological hermeneutics that brings together recent biblical scholarship and constructive theology."--BOOK JACKET.

Pauline Hermeneutics

Pauline Hermeneutics
Author: Kenneth Mtata
Publisher: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3374048439

Paul's letters are of crucial importance for Christian theology and church life. The way in which the apostle Paul critically reflected on the meaning of the gospel message in light of Scripture, the traditions, ethics and Christian faith and hope, has had a significant and lasting impact on the Lutheran tradition. In this publication, the fourth and final in a series of LWF publications on biblical hermeneutics, renowned international scholars from the fields of biblical studies and systematic theology reevaluate to what extent twenty-first-century Lutherans can rediscover the Pauline paradigm of the "power of the Gospel" and hereby overcome ambiguous perceptions of the so-called "Lutheran reading(s)" of Paul. [Paulinische Hermeneutik. Die "Kraft des Evangeliums" erforschen] Die Briefe des Paulus haben eine grundlegende Bedeutung für die christliche Theologie. Besonders die lutherischen Kirchen sind dauerhaft davon geprägt, wie Paulus als Apostel die Bedeutung des "Evangeliums" im Lichte der Auslegung von Schrift und Tradition sowie der Konzeption frühchristlicher Ethik und der Explikation von Hoffnung und Glaube herausgearbeitet und interpretiert hat. Die vorliegende Anthologie schließt einer Folge von vier LWB Publikationen zur biblischen Hermeneutik ab. International renommierte Bibelwissenschaftler und Systematische Theologen diskutieren, in welcher Weise lutherische Theologie im 21. Jahrhundert das paulinische Konzept von der "Kraft des Evangeliums" so wiederentdecken kann, dass ambivalente Vorstellungen von der sog. "Lutherischen Paulusperspektive" neu überdacht und überwunden werden können.

Biblical Hermeneutics

Biblical Hermeneutics
Author: Stanley E. Porter
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2012-04-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830869999

This book presents proponents of five approaches to biblical hermeneutics and allows them to respond to each other. The five approaches are the historical-critical/grammatical (Craig Blomberg), redemptive-historical (Richard Gaffin), literary/postmodern (Scott Spencer), canonical (Robert Wall) and philosophical/theological (Merold Westphal) views.

Paul and the Language of Faith

Paul and the Language of Faith
Author: Nijay K. Gupta
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1467458376

A dynamic reading of Paul’s faith language, outlining its subtle nuances as belief, trust, and faithfulness. Faith language permeates the letters of Paul. Yet, its exact meaning is not always clear. Many today, reflecting centuries of interpretation, consider belief in Jesus to be a passive act. In this important book, Nijay Gupta challenges common assumptions in the interpretation of Paul and calls for a reexamination of Paul’s faith language. Gupta argues that Paul’s faith language resonates with a Jewish understanding of covenant involving goodwill, trust, and expectation. Paul’s understanding of faith involves the transformation of one’s perception of God and the world through Christ, relational dependence on Christ, as well as active loyalty to Christ. Pastors and scholars alike will benefit from this close examination of Paul’s understanding and use of faith language. For Gupta, Paul’s understanding involves a divine-human relationship centered on Christ that believes, trusts, and obeys.

Isaiah's Servant in Paul

Isaiah's Servant in Paul
Author: Daniel M. I. Cole
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2021-07-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3161593405

Paul seems to read Isaiah's Servant with reference to himself. Daniel Cole examines Paul's use of texts within Isa. 49-54 to explain why the apostle does this and what the ethical implications are. He demonstrates that the coherent salvation history of the Servant prophecy guides Paul throughou -- Contracubierta.

Christian Hermeneutics

Christian Hermeneutics
Author: James Fodor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1995
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Paul Ricoeur is one of the most influential philosophers alive today. This book draws primarily on his hermeneutic insights to address the fundamental question of how reference, truth, and meaning are related in the discourse of theology. Fodor defends the view that theological truth claims cannot be sustained without some appeal to the referential, or in Rocoeur's terminology "refigurative," potential intrinsic to our linguistic practices. By bringing the philosophical work of Ricoeur into mutually critical conversation with theology, particularly that of Hans Frei, the book underscores the importance of reference in assessing theological claims.