The Oxford handbook of early Christian biblical interpretation /edited by Paul M. Blowers and Peter W. Martens.
Early Christian biblical interpretation
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource.
- Oxford handbooks online .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Scripture as Artefact / Scholia / Questions-and-Responses / Paraphrase and Metaphrase / Catenae / Sentences / Catechetical Lectures and Homilies / Poetry and Hymnody / Liturgy as Performative Interpretation / Christian Apocrypha / Novels / The Septuagint and Other Translations / Hagiography / Visual Art / Christianity and Judaism / Christians and Pagans / Marcion and His Critics / Gnostics and Their Critics / Manichaean Biblical Interpretation / Scripture and Martyrdom / Scripture in the Trinitarian Controversy / Scripture in the Christological Controversies / Canons and Rules of Faith / Scripture and a Christian Empire / Scripture and Asceticism / Creation / Adam and Eve / Covenant / Exodus / Law / Psalms / Sermon on the Mount / The Gospel of John / Divine Discourse: Scripture in the Economy of Revelation / Paul the Apostle / Cross / Heaven and Hell / Medieval Latin Reception / Byzantine Reception / Reception in the Renaissance and Reformation / Modern Biblical Criticism and the Legacy of Pre-Modern Interpretation / Retrievals in Contemporary Christian Theology / Greco-Roman Literary Criticism / Early Christian Handbooks on Interpretation / From Letter to Spirit: The Multiple Senses of Scripture / The Ideal Interpreter / Commentaries / Lincoln H. Blumell -- Eric Scherbenske -- Lorenzo Perrone -- Andrew Faulkner -- Richard A. Layton -- Luke Dysinger, OSB -- Wendy Mayer -- Jeffrey Wickes -- L. Edward Phillips -- Stephen J. Shoemaker -- F. Stanley Jones -- Reinhart Ceulemans -- Bronwen Neil -- Robin M. Jensen -- James Carleton Paget -- John Granger Cook -- H. Clifton Ward -- David Brakke -- Jason BeDuhn -- Johan Leemans, Anthony Dupont -- Lewis Ayres -- Andrew Hofer, OP -- Joseph Lienhard, SJ -- Michael Hollerich -- Elizabeth A. Clark -- Paul M. Blowers -- Peter C. Bouteneff -- Everett Ferguson -- Michael Graves -- B. Lee Blackburn, Jr. -- Michael Cameron -- Mark W. Elliott -- C. E. Hill -- Frances M. Young -- Judith L. Kovacs -- John Behr -- Jeffrey A. Trumbower -- Franklin T. Harkins -- Mary B. Cunningham -- Esther Chung-Kim -- Michael C. Legaspi -- Matthew Levering -- Peter Struck -- Tarmo Toom -- John C. Cavadini -- Peter W. Martens -- Joseph Lèossl.
The Bible was the lifeblood of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. This handbook explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity.