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Literature,
Interpretation and Spirituality
- Introduction
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- The Bible encompasses many books of several different genres
written over the course of a millennium. What are these genres,
how are they related to human discourse in the past, and what
is entailed in our interpretation of them today? This topic could
include a literary overview of canonical and extra-canonical scriptures,
an historical overview of the major events in Israel’s history
and how these spawned scriptural texts, and a discussion of contemporary
hermeneutics (how do we read? how do we interpret?).
- Notes
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- Reading
- Scripture: Genesis 1-3; Jubilees 1-3 [a pseudepigraphic work to be read together in class]; 1 Corinthians 11:1-16;
1 Timothy 2:8-15; John 1:1-18; Revelation 20-22
- Secondary: Aageson, In the Beginning
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- Notes
- Under construction.
- Bibliography
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- Contemporary Scripture Hermeneutics
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- Gabel, John B., Charles B. Wheeler and Anthony D. York. The Bible As Literature: An Introduction, 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
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- Fitzmyer, Joseph A., S. J. The Biblical Commission’s Document,
"The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church": Text
and Commentary, Subsidia Biblica 18. Rome: Pontifical Biblical
Institute, 1995.
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Friedman, Richard Elliott. Who Wrote the Bible? San Francisco:
HarperSanFrancisco, 1987/1997.
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- Hooker, Morna D. "In His Own Image." In What About
the New Testament: Essays in Honour of C. F. Evans (eds. Morna
Hooker and Colin Hickling; London, SCM, 1975) 28-44.
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Kugel, James L. The Bible As It Was. Cambridge, Massachusetts:
Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1997.
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Ralph, Margaret Nutting. "And God Said What?" An
Introduction to Biblical Literary Forms for Bible Lovers. New York: Paulist, 1986.
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- Ancient Scripture Hermeneutics
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Jeanrond, Werner G. Theological Hermeneutics: Development and
Significance. New York: Crossroad, 1991.
- Links
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