LEADER 03405nam 22006374a 450 001 9910452324603321 005 20210528013326.0 010 $a1-281-73088-2 010 $a9786611730888 010 $a0-300-13076-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300130768 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472169 035 $a(StDuBDS)BDZ0022171477 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000182006 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11181647 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000182006 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10168315 035 $a(PQKB)11685669 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158241 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419824 035 $a(DE-B1597)485129 035 $a(OCoLC)1024035444 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300130768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419824 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167872 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173088 035 $a(OCoLC)923587148 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472169 100 $a20031023d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInterpreting the Bible & the Constitution$b[electronic resource] /$fJaroslav Pelikan 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 216 p.)) 300 $a"A John W. Kluge Center book." 311 0 $a0-300-10267-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-206) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. Normative Scripture-Christian and American --$t2. Cruxes of Interpretation in the Bible and in the Constitution --$t3. The Sensus Literalis and the Quest for Original Intent --$t4. Development of Doctrine: Patterns and Criteria --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tBibliography 330 $aBoth 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. 517 3 $aInterpreting the Bible and the Constitution 606 $aConstitutional law$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstitutional law 676 $a220.6/01 700 $aPelikan$b Jaroslav$f1923-2006.$0185589 712 02$aJohn W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452324603321 996 $aInterpreting the Bible & the Constitution$92479247 997 $aUNINA