{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-early-christian-biblical-interpretation-9780198718390","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation","description":"The Bible was the essence of virtually every aspect of the life of the early churches. \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation\u003c\/em\u003e explores a wide array of themes related to the reception, canonization, interpretation, uses, and legacies of the Bible in early Christianity.\u003cbr\u003eEach section contains overviews and cutting-edge scholarship that expands understanding of the field. Part One examines the material text transmitted, translated, and invested with authority, and the very conceptualization of sacred Scripture as God's word for the church. Part Two looks at the\u003cbr\u003eculture and disciplines or science of interpretation in representative exegetical traditions. Part Three addresses the diverse literary and non-literary modes of interpretation, while Part Four canvasses the communal background and foreground of early Christian interpretation, where the Bible was\u003cbr\u003eparamount in shaping normative Christian identity. Part Five assesses the determinative role of the Bible in major developments and theological controversies in the life of the churches. Part Six returns to interpretation proper and samples how certain abiding motifs from within scriptural\u003cbr\u003erevelation were treated by major Christian expositors. The overall history of biblical interpretation has itself now become the subject of a growing scholarship and the final part skilfully examines how early Christian exegesis was retrieved and critically evaluated in later periods of church\u003cbr\u003ehistory. Taken together, the chapters provide nuanced paths of introduction for students and scholars from a wide spectrum of academic fields, including classics, biblical studies, the general history of interpretation, the social and cultural history of late ancient and early medieval Christianity, \u003cbr\u003ehistorical theology, and systematic and contextual theology. Readers will be oriented to the major resources for, and issues in, the critical study of early Christian biblical interpretation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul M. Blowers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.10w x 1.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198718390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul M. Blowers, \u003cem\u003eDean E. Walker Professor of Church History, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College\u003c\/em\u003e, Peter W Martens, \u003cem\u003eAssociate Professor of Early Christianity and Chair, Department of Theological Studies, Saint Louis University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul M. Blowers is Dean E. Walker Professor of Church History at Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan College. He was formerly President of the North American Patristics Society from 2008-09. His publications include \u003cem\u003eMaximus the Confessor: Jesus Christ and the Transfiguration of the World\u003c\/em\u003e (2016)\u003cbr\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDrama of the Divine Economy: Creator and Creation in Early Christian Theology and Piety\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter W. Martens is Associate Professor of Early Christianity and Chair of the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eOrigen and Scripture: The Contours of the Exegetical Life\u003c\/em\u003e (2012) and the critical edition \u003cem\u003eAdrian's Introduction to the Divine Scriptures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932102934643,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":140.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_b0b2cdb7-aa70-4fff-adeb-bbd52ab585c9.jpg?v=1647789941","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-early-christian-biblical-interpretation-9780198718390","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}