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Ascriptively Literal
Author_Richard R. Topping
Bible
biblical exegesis
Biblical Interpretation
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Christian Church
Church's Reading
Church’s Reading
Constructive Section
Cumulative Tradition
divine agency
doctrinal theology
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Extratextual Reality
faith interpretation
Faith Reading
Frei's Account
Frei’s Account
General Hermeneutic
Hermeneutic Field
Hermeneutic Proposals
Hermeneutic Situation
hermeneutics
Historical Critical Investigations
Holy Scripture
Interpretative Proposals
Plain Sense Reading
Ricoeur's Account
Ricoeur’s Account
Salvific Action
Scholarly Guild
scriptural authority
Scriptural Reading
Scripture Interpretation
Sovereign Freedom God
Theological Hermeneutic
theological realism in interpretation
Product details
- ISBN 9780754658023
- Weight: 612g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Oct 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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How does God's involvement with the generation of Holy Scripture and its use in the life of the Christian church figure into the human work of Scripture interpretation? This is the central question that this book seeks to address. In critical conversation with the influential hermeneutic programs of James Barr, Paul Ricoeur and Hans Frei, Topping demonstrates how God's agency has been marginalized in the task of Scripture interpretation. Divine involvement with the Bible is bracketed out (Barr), rendered in generic terms (Ricoeur) or left implicit (Frei) in these depictions of the hermeneutic field. The result is that each of these hermeneutic programs is less than a ’realist’ interpretative proposal. Talk of God is eclipsed by the terminal consideration of human realities. Topping argues for the centrality of doctrinal description in a lively theological understanding of Scripture interpretation for the life of the church.
Richard R. Topping is Senior Minister at The Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
