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History and hermeneutics

Murray Rae
Murray Rae argues that the practice of contemporary biblical hermeneutics has been radically impaired by a widespread allegiance to a series of problematic assumptions about history. He offers a theological account of what history is, centred on the categories of creation and divine promise, and proposes that it is within this theological conception of history that the Bible may be understood on its own terms. History and Hermeneutics is both critical and constructive, identifying the crucial problems and proposing a way forward. The ecclesial reading of Scripture and the value of tradition are rehabilitated and an account is given of how we may properly ask the Question, 'What really happened?' -- Provided by publisher
Print Book, English, ©2005
T & T Clark, London, ©2005
Criticism, interpretation, etc
168 pages ; 25 cm
9780567081629, 9780567080929, 0567081621, 0567080927
62714216
The development of modern historiography
Theology and history
Creation and promise
Resurrection
Seeing and believing
Testimony and tradition
The ecclesial reading of scripture
New Zealand author