Written for Our Learning: The Single Meaning of Scripture in Christian Theology

by Benjamin C. Sargent

Overview

The idea of determinate or single meaning in biblical interpretation has long been considered to be a purely modern idea, indissolubly wedded to the hermeneutics of historical criticism. At a time when historical criticism is increasingly viewed with theological suspicion, it must be asked whether determinate meaning has a future in biblical interpretation. Written for Our Learning explores the various expressions of single meaning within Christian theology, from the apostolic period to the present, and argues for the preservation of the discernment of determinate meaning as the goal of biblical reading and study.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498278577
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	07/22/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	222
File size:	548 KB

About the Author

Benjamin Sargent (DPhil, Oxford) is the vicar of Bransgore and Hinton Admiral in Hampshire, England. He is the author David Being a Prophet: The Contingency of Scripture upon History in the New Testament (2014) and Written to Serve: The Use of Scripture in 1 Peter (2015).

Table of Contents

Abbreviations viii

Introduction: Determinacy, Polysemy, and Single Meaning 1

1 Written for Us: Single Meaning in the Use of Scripture in the New Testament 24

2 Written for Christ: Single Meaning in the Fathers 95

3 Written for Correction: Single Meaning in Medieval Theology 121

4 Written for You: Single Meaning in Renaissance and Reformation 134

5 Written for Them: Single Meaning in Modernity 151

6 Written at All? Single Meaning after Modernity 177

Conclusion: Single Meaning and Theological Interpretation 189

Bibliography 193