The Bible and the Believer How to Read the Bible Critically and Religiously

by Brettler, Marc Zvi; Enns, Peter; Harrington, Daniel J.

• ISBN13: 9780199863006
• ISBN10: 0199863008
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-09-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

How can one read the Bible both critically and religiously? To answer that question,The Bible and the Believerenlists one Jewish, one Catholic, and one Protestant biblical scholar who explain and illustrate how to read the Hebrew Bible/Tanakh/Old Testament critically and religiously in light of their own religious traditions. The problem they deal with not only haunts biblical scholarship today but also disturbs students and others exposed to biblical criticism for the first time in university courses or through reading. Failure to deal with the problem often results in rejection of either the critical approach or the religious approach (or both). Brettler, Enns, and Harrington demonstrate how to read the Bible critically through the lens of tradition, guiding readers through the history of interpretation as well as the history of biblical exegesis within each faith.

Author Biography

Marc Zvi Brettler is the Dora Golding Professor of Biblical Studies at Brandeis University. He is the author of How to Read the Jewish Bible and co-editor of The Jewish Study Bible and The Jewish Annotated New Testament.

Peter Enns teaches Biblical Studies at Eastern University. He is the author of The Evolution of Adam and Inspiration and Incarnation.

Daniel J. Harrington, S.J. is a Professor of New Testament at Boston College. He is the author of Meeting St. Mark Today and How Do Catholics Read the Bible?.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction: The Historical-Critical Reading of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament	p. 3
My Bible: A Jew's Perspective	p. 21
Response	p. 66
Response	p. 72
Reading the Bible Critically and Religiously: Catholic Perspectives	p. 80
Response	p. 113
Response	p. 118
Protestantism and Biblical Criticism: One Perspective on a Difficult Dialogue	p. 126
Response	p. 161
Response	p. 166
Postscript	p. 174
Notes	p. 177
Glossary	p. 195
Index	p. 201
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