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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164924103321

Autore

Radner Ephraim <1956->

Titolo

Time and the word : figural reading of the Christian scriptures / / Ephraim Radner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Grand Rapids, Michigan : , : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9781467445429

1467445428

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 pages)

Disciplina

220.6/8

Soggetti

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc

Bible--Hermeneutics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: The History and Theology of Figural Reading -- 1. Figural History as a Question -- 2. The Fate of Figural Reading -- 3. Imagining Figural Time -- 4. Creative Omnipotence and the Figures of Scripture -- 5. Figural Speech and the Incarnational Synecdoche -- Part Two: Figural Reading in Practice -- 6. Juxtapositional Reading and the Force of the Lectionary -- 7. Trinitarian Love Means Two Testaments -- 8. The Word's Work: Figural Preaching and Scriptural Conformance -- Appendix: Four Figural Sermons -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Scripture.

Sommario/riassunto

This book by Ephraim Radner constitutes the first significant theological account of the foundations and methods of the figural reading of Scripture.Radner's reintroduces contemporary scholars to a traditional approach to biblical interpretation that dates back to Jewish practice from before the time of Jesus.