Houses of the Interpreter

Reading Scripture, Reading Culture

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

AvDavid Lyle Jeffrey

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In Houses of the Interpreter, David Lyle Jeffrey explores the terrain of the cultural history of biblical interpretation. But Jeffrey does not merely rest content to chart biblical scholarship and how it has both influenced and been influenced by culture. Instead, he chooses to focus upon the ""art"" of Biblical interpretation--how sculptors, musicians, poets, novelists, and painters have ""read"" the Bible. By so doing, Jeffrey clearly demonstrates that such cultural interpretation has deepened the church's understanding of the Bible as Scripture and that, remarkably, this cultural reading has contributed to theology and the practice of faith. Jeffrey's chapters effectively root the theological issues central to any hermeneutical enterprise (e.g., Scriptural authority, narrative, the Old Testament as Christian Scripture, the role of the reader, gender, and postmodernism) in specific authors and artists (e.g., Chaucer, Bosch, Sir Orfeo, C. S. Lewis)--and he does this in constant conversation with literature, both eastern and western.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-03-30
Mått152 x 226 x 20 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieProvost Series
Antal sidor300
FörlagBaylor University Press
ISBN9781602582392

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Preface and AcknowledgementPART ONE: Scripture in the House of Theology1. How Firm a Foundation...?2. Masterplot and Meaning in Biblical Narrative3. Self-Examination and the Examination of Texts4. Charity and Cupidity in Biblical Tradition5. The Gospel according to IsaiahPART TWO: Scripture in the Houses of Art6. Authority and Interpretation in the House of Fame7. Chaucer's Friar's (Unpaid) Rent8. Conversion in the English Saints' Plays9. Parody and Piety in Bosch's Haywain10. Sir Orfeo's Harp: Music for the End of TimePART THREE: Scripture in a House of Mirrors11. Reading Wisely, Reading Well12. Reading the Bible with C.S. Lewis13. Scripture, Gender and Our Language of Worship14. The Teaching Authority of Jesus and the Fatherhood of God15. Postmodern Theology and Perennial TruthNotesIndex

These essays are vintage Jeffrey--lively, literate, and learned, rich in wit and wisdom, ranging from ancient epic to medieval literature and art to postmodern parody, distinguished by a passionate erudition that attends with single-minded, open-hearted illumination to the interpretation of Scripture across cultures. Above all Jeffrey's writing enacts the kind of intertextual theological resourcement that our own houses of culture so desperately need: building up the Christian literary imagination through the scriptural education of our loves. Jeffrey brilliantly displays the virtues he holds up as characteristic of the exemplary reader: the rigorous analytic disciplines of the pilgrim mind, and the generosities of an open-hearted imagination. -Travis Kroekers, McMaster University, Ontario