The Letter and Spirit of Biblical Interpretation: From the Early Church to Modern Practice

The Letter and Spirit of Biblical Interpretation: From the Early Church to Modern Practice
ISBN-10
0801049687
ISBN-13
9780801049682
Category
Religion
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2018-07-17
Publisher
Baker Academic
Author
Keith D. Stanglin

Description

For the better part of fifteen centuries, Christians read Scripture on two complementary levels, the literal and the spiritual. In the modern period, the spiritual sense gradually became marginalized in favor of the literal sense. The Bible came to be read and interpreted like any other book. This brief, accessible introduction to the history of biblical interpretation examines key turning points and figures and argues for a retrieval of the premodern spiritual habits of reading Scripture.

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