The Invention and Persistence of Wellhausen's World

It is not possible, or perhaps even desirable, to undo the critical history of interpretation. But the capacity to move beyond such historicist judgments as well as their reactionary alternatives and toward a postsecular critique that takes the faith claims of the tradition and of scholars with seri...

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Published in:The Catholic Biblical quarterly 2013-01, Vol.75 (1), p.15-31
Main Authors: BRUEGGEMANN, WALTER, HANKINS, DAVIS
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bible
Catholicism
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Exegesis and biblical criticism
Historical analysis
History and sciences of religions
Politics
Religious history
Stress
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Summary:It is not possible, or perhaps even desirable, to undo the critical history of interpretation. But the capacity to move beyond such historicist judgments as well as their reactionary alternatives and toward a postsecular critique that takes the faith claims of the tradition and of scholars with seriousness seems crucial in the extreme. Here, Brueggemann and Hankins stress the need for critical biblical scholarship that does not try to explain away all that may be awkward for Enlightenment rationality or all that has the bite of theological and political summons to it.
ISSN:0008-7912
2163-2529