Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 3
Further Essays on Prevailing Methods
- Biblical Studies & Commentaries
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
This third volume, like its predecessors, adds to the growing body of literature concerned with the history of biblical interpretation. With eighteen essays on nineteen biblical interpreters, volume 3 expands the scope of scholars, both traditional and modern, covered in this now multivolume series. Each chapter provides a biographical sketch of its respective scholar(s), an overview of their major contributions to the field, explanations of their theoretical and methodological approaches to interpretation, and evaluations and applications of their methods. By focusing on the contexts in which these scholars lived and worked, these essays show what defining features qualify these scholars as "pillars" in the history of biblical interpretation. While identifying a scholar as a "pillar" is somewhat subjective, this volume defines a pillar as one who has made a distinctive contribution by using and exemplifying a clear method that has pushed the discipline forward, at least within a given context and time period. This volume is ideal for any class on the history of biblical interpretation and for those who want a greater understanding of how the field of biblical studies has developed and how certain interpreters have played a formative role in that development.
Endorsements (2)
“This volume and the series of which it is a part provide an invaluable introduction to many of the interpreters whose names are or should be familiar but whose range of works is difficult for any one reader to master. Like preceding volumes, it fills a genuine need and performs an important service to the academy.”
“The first two volumes of Pillars in the History of Biblical Interpretation have established the fine quality of this series, especially in correlating biographical information of the scholars surveyed with the development of their key methods and the publication of their defining works. More so than in volumes 1–2, the contributors include Old Testament and Septuagint scholars, along with pioneers in linguistics, rhetorical criticism, and other newer methodological innovations.”
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