Living Traditions of the Bible: Scripture in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Practice

by Bowley, James E.

• ISBN13: 9780827221277
• ISBN10: 0827221274
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Chalice Pr

Summary

More than half the people in the world today share traditions taken from the book that Christians call the Bible. What the Bible means and how it has been used in Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodoxy, Judaism, and Islam--historically and in the present--is the subject of this book. Contributors include: James E. Bowley, Demetrios Constantelos, Joseph Fitzmyer, S.J., Kathryn Johnson, Adam Kamesar, James S. McClanahan, Bruce M. Metzger, Michael A. Meyer, John C. Reeves, and David C. Steinmetz.

Table of Contents

Contributors	viii	(1)
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Living Traditions of the Bible	1	(6)
James E. Bowley
1 A Library of Tradition: The Beginnings of the Bible	7	(28)
James E. Bowley
2 The Bible Comes to the West: The Text and Interpretation of the Bible in Its Greek and Latin Forms	35	(28)
Adam Kamesar
3 Scriptural Authority in Early Judaism	63	(22)
John C. Reeves
4 The Context and Development of the Christian Canon	85	(18)
Bruce M. Metzger
5 The Lessons of the Garden: An Examination of the Scriptural Legacy of Islam	103	(30)
Kathryn Johnson
6 The Bible in the Orthodox Church	133	(12)
Demetrios J. Constantelos
7 Scripture in the Catholic Tradition	145	(18)
Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J.
8 Luther, the Reformers, and the Bible	163	(14)
David C. Steinmetz
9 The Story That Is the Bible: A Contemporary Protestant Approach	177	(14)
James S. McClanahan
10 Scripture in Modern Judaism	191
Michael A. Meyer