The Bible in the Contemporary World: Hermeneutical Ventures
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- Synopsis
- A crucial responsibility for Christian interpreters of Scripture, says Richard Bauckham, is to understand our contemporary context and to explore the Bible&’s relevance to it in ways that reflect serious critical engagement with that context. In this book Bauckham models how this task can be carried out. Bauckham calls for our reading of Scripture to lead us to greater engagement with critical issues in today&’s world, including globalization, environmental degradation, and widespread poverty. He works to bring biblical texts to bear on these contemporary realities through the Bible&’s metanarrative of God and the world, according to which God&’s purpose takes effect in the blessing and salvation and fulfillment of the world as his cherished creation.
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 192 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781467443364
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780802872234
- Publisher:
- Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
- Date of Addition:
- 11/23/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Richard Bauckham
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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