Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Preface

Preface Preface The four papers in this issue were presented at the Consultation on Bible and Theology, held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, October 6-7, 1989. The four contributors were members of a larger committee which had planned the Consultation and had decided upon its theme "The Biblical Ground of Theology." The four articles in this volume approach the common theme of the biblical ground of theology from different angles. John R. Donahue provides a survey of major New Testament theologies written during ' the past decades, including some significant shifts in recent New Testa- ment studies which are likely to influence the shape of future works on New Testament theology. Terence E. Fretheim introduces us to the interplay of exegetical work and theological and philosophical modes of speech, by way of a discussion of seemingly contradictory elements of language about God in the book of Exodus: the emphasis on the transcendent superiority of God is counterbalanced by an equally strong insistence on the divine commitment to participate in the limited and timebound choices and circumstances which are the stuff of human life. The essay by Paul D. Hanson on the authority of the Bible today gives another example of a tendency among profes- sional biblical scholars which has grown in recent years. It is the tendency to correlate the confessional and theological heritage of the church with the historical work of the exegete. In Paul Hanson's paper the biblical specialist dares again to speak as a responsible theologian of the church. In the fourth paper in this volume, the editor attempts to describe, in conversation with some Jewish observers who have involved themselves in Christian-Jewish dialogue, to what degree, and in what sense, the apostle Paul developed an understanding of the Old Testament which can only be described as a systematic effort to appropriate the Old Testament as a theological paradigm. Ulrich Mauser http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Horizons in Biblical Theology Brill

Preface

Mauser, Ulrich
Horizons in Biblical Theology , Volume 11 (1): iii – Jan 1, 1989
Download PDF
1 page

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/preface-lMEbspZX7A

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1989 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0195-9085
eISSN
1871-2207
DOI
10.1163/187122089X00084
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Preface The four papers in this issue were presented at the Consultation on Bible and Theology, held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, October 6-7, 1989. The four contributors were members of a larger committee which had planned the Consultation and had decided upon its theme "The Biblical Ground of Theology." The four articles in this volume approach the common theme of the biblical ground of theology from different angles. John R. Donahue provides a survey of major New Testament theologies written during ' the past decades, including some significant shifts in recent New Testa- ment studies which are likely to influence the shape of future works on New Testament theology. Terence E. Fretheim introduces us to the interplay of exegetical work and theological and philosophical modes of speech, by way of a discussion of seemingly contradictory elements of language about God in the book of Exodus: the emphasis on the transcendent superiority of God is counterbalanced by an equally strong insistence on the divine commitment to participate in the limited and timebound choices and circumstances which are the stuff of human life. The essay by Paul D. Hanson on the authority of the Bible today gives another example of a tendency among profes- sional biblical scholars which has grown in recent years. It is the tendency to correlate the confessional and theological heritage of the church with the historical work of the exegete. In Paul Hanson's paper the biblical specialist dares again to speak as a responsible theologian of the church. In the fourth paper in this volume, the editor attempts to describe, in conversation with some Jewish observers who have involved themselves in Christian-Jewish dialogue, to what degree, and in what sense, the apostle Paul developed an understanding of the Old Testament which can only be described as a systematic effort to appropriate the Old Testament as a theological paradigm. Ulrich Mauser

Journal

Horizons in Biblical Theology – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1989

There are no references for this article.