03371nam 22006254a 450 991077782730332120230617003546.01-281-73088-297866117308880-300-13076-710.12987/9780300130768(CKB)1000000000472169(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171477(SSID)ssj0000182006(PQKBManifestationID)11181647(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182006(PQKBWorkID)10168315(PQKB)11685669(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158241(MiAaPQ)EBC3419824(DE-B1597)485129(OCoLC)1024035444(DE-B1597)9780300130768(Au-PeEL)EBL3419824(CaPaEBR)ebr10167872(CaONFJC)MIL173088(OCoLC)923587148(EXLCZ)99100000000047216920031023d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrInterpreting the Bible & the Constitution[electronic resource] /Jaroslav PelikanNew Haven Yale University Pressc20041 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 216 p.))"A John W. Kluge Center book."0-300-10267-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-206) and indexes.Front matter --Contents --Preface --1. Normative Scripture-Christian and American --2. Cruxes of Interpretation in the Bible and in the Constitution --3. The Sensus Literalis and the Quest for Original Intent --4. Development of Doctrine: Patterns and Criteria --Notes --Bibliography --BibliographyBoth the Bible and the Constitution have the status of "Great Code," but each of these important texts is controversial as well as enigmatic. They are asked to speak to situations that their authors could not have anticipated on their own. In this book, one of our greatest religious historians brings his vast knowledge of the history of biblical interpretation to bear on the question of constitutional interpretation. Jaroslav Pelikan compares the methods by which the official interpreters of the Bible and the Constitution-the Christian Church and the Supreme Court, respectively-have approached the necessity of interpreting, and reinterpreting, their important texts. In spite of obvious differences, both texts require close, word-by-word exegesis, an awareness of opinions that have gone before, and a willingness to ask new questions of old codes, Pelikan observes. He probes for answers to the question of what makes something authentically "constitutional" or "biblical," and he demonstrates how an understanding of either biblical interpretation or constitutional interpretation can illuminate the other in important ways.Interpreting the Bible and the ConstitutionConstitutional lawUnited StatesConstitutional law220.6/01Pelikan Jaroslav1923-2006.185589John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777827303321Interpreting the Bible & the Constitution3762615UNINA