Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- 1 A Historical, Critical Retrospective on Historical Criticism
- 2 Historical Criticism
- 3 Philosophical Hermeneutics
- 4 Literary Criticism
- 5 Rhetorical Criticism
- 6 Intertextuality
- 7 Social-Scientific Criticism
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
1 - A Historical, Critical Retrospective on Historical Criticism
from Part I - Methods
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2022
Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- 1 A Historical, Critical Retrospective on Historical Criticism
- 2 Historical Criticism
- 3 Philosophical Hermeneutics
- 4 Literary Criticism
- 5 Rhetorical Criticism
- 6 Intertextuality
- 7 Social-Scientific Criticism
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
This chapter examines how historical and critical modalities of reading sacred scripture became central to modern biblical studies. It examines what “criticism” was, whence it came, what it did, and which critiques it sustained, before considering its prospects for future historical and literary analysis of the Bible.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 15 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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