Edwards the Exegete

Biblical Interpretation and Anglo-Protestant Culture on the Edge of the Enlightenment

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Douglas A. Sweeney, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) Sweeney, Professor Douglas A. (Professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought; Chair of the Department, Professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought; Chair of the Department, Douglas A Sweeney

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Scholars have long recognized that Jonathan Edwards loved the Bible, but preoccupation with his roles in Western "public" life and letters has eclipsed the significance of his biblical exegesis. In Edwards the Exegete, Douglas A. Sweeney fills this lacuna, exploring Edwards' exegesis and its significance for Christian thought and intellectual history. As Sweeney shows, throughout Edwards' life the lion's share of his time was spent wrestling with the words of holy writ. After reconstructing Edwards' lost exegetical world and describing his place within it, Sweeney summarizes his four main approaches to the Bible-canonical, Christological, redemptive-historical, and pedagogical-and analyzes his work on selected biblical themes that illustrate these four approaches, focusing on material emblematic of Edwards' larger interests as a scholar. Sweeney compares Edwards' work to that of his most frequent interlocutors and places it in the context of the history of exegesis, challenging commonly held notions about the state of Christianity in the age of the Enlightenment. Edwards the Exegete offers a novel guide to the theologian's exegetical work, clearing a path that other specialists are sure to follow. Sweeney's significant reassessment of Edwards' place in the Enlightenment makes a major contribution to Edwards studies, eighteenth-century studies, the history of exegesis, the theological interpretation of Scripture, and homiletics.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-01-18
Mått155 x 231 x 27 mm
Vikt590 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor408
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780190687496

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Douglas A. Sweeney is Professor of Church History and the History of Christian Thought, Chair of the Department, and Director of the Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has published widely on Edwards, early modern Protestant thought, and the history of evangelicalism. His books include two volumes in the Yale Edition of The Works of Jonathan Edwards (1999, 2004), Nathaniel Taylor, New Haven Theology, and the Legacy of Jonathan Edwards (2003), and The American Evangelical Story: A History of the Movement (2005). He is on the editorial board of Jonathan Edwards Studies.

PrefacePART ONE: PROLEGOMENAChapter One: The Biblical World of Jonathan EdwardsChapter Two: The Character of Scripture--and of Its Best Interpreters PART TWO: A CANON OF SCRIPTUREChapter Three: The Harmony of the Old and New Testament Chapter Four: A Priest Forever After the Order of Melchisedec PART THREE: A CRADLE OF CHRIST Chapter Five: The Excellency of Christ Chapter Six: Let Him Kiss Me with the Kisses of His Mouth PART FOUR: A SACRED RECORD OF REDEMPTION Chapter Seven: The Grand Design of GodChapter Eight: Things Which Must Shortly Come to Pass PART FIVE: A GUIDE TO FAITH AND LIFE Chapter Nine: The Importance and Advantage of a Thorough Knowledge of Divine TruthChapter Ten: Accounted as One by the Judge Last Things

[T]his publication is likely to become a standard volume in the field of Edwards studies ... From this text it is clear that any general assessment of Edwards and of his work must take into account the central place and function of his lifelong effort as an exegete and interpreter of the text of the Bible. Any study of Edwards that does not deal with that religious and professional preoccupation is seriously flawed.