TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stanglin, Keith D.
TI  - The letter and spirit of biblical interpretation: from the early church to modern practice 
SN  - 9780801049682 
AV  - BS500 .S73 2018  
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
KW  - Bible
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - History.
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and indexes.
; Introduction to the history of biblical interpretation -- Part 1. Historical survey. Earliest Christian exegesis -- Later patristic exegesis -- Medieval exegesis -- Early modern exegesis -- The rise of historical-critical exegesis -- Part 2. Letter and spirit. (Ir)reconcilable        differences? -- A way forward. 520    For the better part of fifteen centuries, Christians read Scripture on two complementary levels, the literal and the  spiritual. In the modern period, the spiritual sense gradually became marginalized in favor of the literal sense. The Bible came to be read and interpreted like any other book. This brief, accessible introduction to the history of biblical interpretation examines key turning points and figures and argues for a retrieval of the premodern spiritual habits of reading Sripture.

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