History of Biblical Interpretation -4 Vol.Set

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Biblical interpretation within the bible ......5 The work of redactors .....5 Threats as words of salvation .....6 The torah as a norm for redaction and interpretation .....9 Historicizing and idealizing interpretation ....12 Redaction as interpretation ....15 2. Between the testaments ......19 Translation as interpretation: The septuagint ....19 Early jewish interpretation: The qumran scrolls .......27 The philosophers interpretation of homer and hesiod .....33 Allegorical interpretation of scripture: Philo of alexandria ......40 3. The old testament in the new ....47 The kingdom of god has drawn near: Jesus christ ....49 Primitive christian explanations of the christ-event .....57 The scripture is written for our sake paul .......61 The promise is fulfilled: Matthew ......67 The old testament is prophey about christ: The sermons of the book of acts .....71 Christ surpasses the old testament institutions: The epistle to the hebrews .....79 A christian visionary in the succession of the prophets: The apocalypse of john ....89 A refutation in the new testament: The letter of 2 thessalonians .....99 4. The early centuries of the common era ......105 Further development of the torah: Early rabbinic interpretation of the bible ....105 The apostolic fathers ....118 The old testament is only for christians : The letterof barnabas .....119 A letter of exhortation based on the old testament: The letter of i clement ......127 Early apologetics: justin martyr .....135 The abrogation of the old testament? Marcion and his program .....147 Harmony of the testaments: Irenaeus of lyon .....153 The way of the soul toward perfection: Origen ....174

V1. From the Old Testament to Origen.-- V2. From Late Antiquity to the End of the Middle Ages.-- V3. Renaissance,Reformation,Humanism.-- V4. From the Enlightenment to the Twentieth Century.