Pandora's Box Opened: An Examination and Defense of Historical-Critical Method and Its Master Practitioners Contributor(s): Harrisville, Roy A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802869807 ISBN-13: 9780802869807 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $39.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
Dewey: 220.67 |
LCCN: 2014003478 |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.03" W x 9.01" (1.09 lbs) 368 pages |
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Publisher Description: For many, the historical-critical method has released a host of threats to Christian faith and confession. In Pandora's Box Opened, however, Roy Harrisville argues that despite the evils brought upon biblical interpretation by the historical-critical method, there is still hope for it as a discipline. Harrisville begins by describing the emergence and use of the historical-critical method. He then attends to the malaise that has come over the method, which he says still persists. Finally, Harrisville commends the historical-critical method, though shorn of its arrogance. He claims that the method and all its users comprise a Pandora's Box that, when opened, releases a myriad other pains, but hope still remains. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harrisville, Roy A.: - Roy A. Harrisville is professor emeritus of New Testamentat Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is alsocoauthor of The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinozato Brevard Childs (Eerdmans). |