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Theological Exegesis in the Canonical Context: Brevard Springs Childs' Methodology of Biblical Theology
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- Publisher
- Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 324
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Modern Christian theology has been problematic with the schism between the Bible and theology, and between biblical studies and systematic theology. Brevard Springs Childs is one of those biblical scholars who dismiss this οΏ½iron curtainοΏ½ separating the two disciplines. Theological Exegesis in the Canonical Context: Brevard Springs Childs's Methodology of Biblical Theology analyzes Childs's concept of theological exegesis in the biblical canons. Childs disregards negative influences of the historical-critical method by establishing canon-based theological exegesis that leads into confessional biblical theology. He demonstrates forcefully the inadequacies of the historical-critical method in practicing biblical theology. His canonical approach establishes post-critical Christian biblical theology and works within the traditional framework of faith seeking understanding. Childs's biblical theology has a double task: descriptive and constructive, the former connects biblical theology with exegesis, the latter with dogmatics. He uses a comprehensive model that combines a thematic investigation of the essential theological contents of the Bible with a systematic analysis of the contents of the Christian faith. Childs's theological exegesis in the canonical context offers a new interpretation in the modern history of Christian theology.
β¦ Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Editorβs Preface ix
Abbreviations xi
Abstract xiii
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 2: The Three Stages of Childsβs Academic Development 17
Chapter 3: The Canonical Approach 57
Chapter 4: The Inadequacies of Historical Criticism 111
Chapter 5: Theological Exegesis 167
Chapter 6: Evaluation and Reflection 225
Chapter 7: Concluding Remarks 269
Bibliography 275
Index 293
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