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Tradition, Canon and Biblical Theology

Tradition, Canon and Biblical Theology 113 TRADITION, CANON AND BIBLICAL THEOLOGY Bruce C. Birch Among the many discussions certain to be stimulated by the recent publication of Brevard Childs' Introduction to the OZd Testament as Scripture will surely be a lively debate on the role of historical critical methodologies in the task of the exegete and biblical theologian. Childs describes the present situation of critical Old Testament scholarship as one of "sterile impasse" (p. 16). This impasse results from the failure of critical scholarship to adequately relate its re- sults to the theological use of the Bible as the scripture of the community of faith. "There always remains an enormous hiatus between the description of the critically reconstructed literature and the actual canonical text which has been re- ceived and used as-authoritative scripture by the community (p. 40)." Put simply, Childs points out that, by and large, critical scholarship has not made place for an adequate under- . standing of the canon as authoritative for the community of faith within which it came into being. Without attention to the problem of the canon historical critical scholarship has failed to produce a common ground on which the work of the biblical theologian can go http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Horizons in Biblical Theology Brill

Tradition, Canon and Biblical Theology

Horizons in Biblical Theology , Volume 2 (1): 113 – Jan 1, 1980

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© 1980 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0195-9085
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1871-2207
DOI
10.1163/187122080X00074
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113 TRADITION, CANON AND BIBLICAL THEOLOGY Bruce C. Birch Among the many discussions certain to be stimulated by the recent publication of Brevard Childs' Introduction to the OZd Testament as Scripture will surely be a lively debate on the role of historical critical methodologies in the task of the exegete and biblical theologian. Childs describes the present situation of critical Old Testament scholarship as one of "sterile impasse" (p. 16). This impasse results from the failure of critical scholarship to adequately relate its re- sults to the theological use of the Bible as the scripture of the community of faith. "There always remains an enormous hiatus between the description of the critically reconstructed literature and the actual canonical text which has been re- ceived and used as-authoritative scripture by the community (p. 40)." Put simply, Childs points out that, by and large, critical scholarship has not made place for an adequate under- . standing of the canon as authoritative for the community of faith within which it came into being. Without attention to the problem of the canon historical critical scholarship has failed to produce a common ground on which the work of the biblical theologian can go

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Published: Jan 1, 1980

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