Reading the Bible Theologically
Part of Current Issues in Theology
- Author: Darren Sarisky, University of Oxford
- Date Published: October 2020
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108734097
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Theological interpretation of the Bible is one of the most significant debates within theology today. Yet what exactly is theological reading? Darren Sarisky proposes that it requires identification of the reader via a theological anthropology; an understanding of the text as a collection of signs; and reading the text with a view toward engaging with what it says of transcendence. Accounts of theological reading do not often give explicit focus to the place of the reader, but this work seeks to redress this neglect. Sarisky examines Augustine's approach to the Bible and how his theological insights into the reader and the text generate an aim for interpretation, which is fulfilled by fitting reading strategies. He also engages with Spinoza, showing that theological exegesis contrasts not with approaches that take history seriously, but with naturalistic approaches to reading.
Read more- Presents the first monograph on the nature of theological reading of the Bible framed against the background of the current debate over theological exegesis
- Demonstrates how different understandings of the nature of theology generate distinctive approaches to reading the Bible
- Explores the potential for fruitful dialogue with various other modes of biblical interpretation
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'Sarisky's account of reading the Bible theologically is rich and textured, and it reflects some important points that are becoming common across a range of contemporary thinkers. Attention not only to texts but to readers and contexts as well is clearly articulated in this constructive account.' Myk Habets, Modern Theology
See more reviews'… this book will go a long way toward helping scholars and students reframe the debate, moving away from theology versus history and thinking instead of how a historical reading of Scripture is transformed when it is approached theologically instead of naturalistically.' Austin Stevenson, International Journal of Systematic Theology
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- Date Published: October 2020
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108734097
- length: 427 pages
- dimensions: 140 x 215 x 25 mm
- weight: 0.56kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from
Table of Contents
1. The reader, redemption, and signs
2. Between scientia and the Trinity
3. In contradistinction to naturalism
4. Faith and the ecclesial community
5. The Bible and theological semiotics
6. Exegetical ends and means.
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