Pandora's Box Opened: An Examination and Defense of Historical-Critical Method and Its Master Practitioners

For many, the historical-critical method has released a host of threats to Christian faith and confession. In Pandora's Box Opened, however, Roy Harrisville argues that despite the evils brought upon biblical interpretation by the historical-critical method, there is still hope for it as a discipline.

Harrisville begins by describing the emergence and use of the historical-critical method. He then attends to the malaise that has come over the method, which he says still persists. Finally, Harrisville commends the historical-critical method, though shorn of its arrogance. He claims that the method and all its users comprise a Pandora's Box that, when opened, releases a myriad other pains, but hope still remains.

Author: Roy A. Harrisville
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 08/09/2014
Pages: 358
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780802869807

Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 01/01/2015 pg. 24

About the Author
Harrisville, Roy A.: - Roy A. Harrisville is professor emeritus of New Testamentat Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is alsocoauthor of The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinozato Brevard Childs (Eerdmans).

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