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16 - Premodern Interpretation and Contemporary Exegesis

from Part III - Reception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2022

By
Richard S. Briggs
Edited by
Ian Boxall  and
Bradley C. Gregory
Ian Boxall
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Bradley C. Gregory
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

This chapter explores the ways in which the relationship between contemporary exegesis and the history of interpretation has been changing, to admit greater influence from premodern practice than was often allowed during modern times. Premodern interpretation is considered with examples from Augustine and Hugh of St, Victor, and then contemporary examples of reading the parable of the Good Samaritan and Psalm 137 are discussed to sample the issues.

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premodernmethodAugustineHugh of St Victor
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The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 301 - 317
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Allen, Michael, and Swain, Scott R.. Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015.Google Scholar
Andrews, James A. Hermeneutics and the Church in Dialogue with Augustine. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2012.Google Scholar
Blowers, Paul M., and Martens, Peter W.. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Biblical Interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Carter, Craig A. Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Premodern Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018.Google Scholar
Froehlich, Karlfried, with Burrows, Mark S.. Sensing the Scriptures: Aminadab’s Chariot and the Predicament of Biblical Interpretation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014.Google Scholar
Legaspi, Michael C. The Death of Scripture and the Rise of Biblical Studies. OSHT. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Levy, Ian Christopher. Introducing Medieval Biblical Interpretation: The Senses of Scripture in Premodern Exegesis. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2018.Google Scholar
Thompson, John L. Reading the Bible with the Dead: What You Can Learn from the History of Exegesis that You Can’t Learn from Exegesis Alone. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007.Google Scholar
van Liere, Frans. An Introduction to the Medieval Bible. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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