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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2019
Print publication year:
2019
Online ISBN:
9781108609296
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108609296
Subjects:
Biblical Studies - New Testament, Religion, Theology
Series:
Current Issues in Theology (13)
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Book description

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.

Reviews

‘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 Source: Modern Theology

‘… 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 Source: International Journal of Systematic Theology

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