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Informationen zum Autor William McKane was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1921 and was educated at the universities of St. Andrews and Glasgow. From 1941-1945 he served in the Royal Air Force. He was ordained as a minister of the Church of Scotland in 1949 and was Minister in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, from 1949-1953. He was Assistant in Hebrew at the University of Glasgow from 1953-1956 and was Lecturer in Hebrew since 1956. He was author of I and II Samuel in the Torch Bible Commentaries. Klappentext McKane reviews the shifts in the Church's understanding of the nature and authority of its scriptures, particularly the Old Testament. Zusammenfassung McKane reviews the shifts in the Church's understanding of the nature and authority of its scriptures! particularly the Old Testament! and shows how the beginnings of the critical scholarship of modern times is connected with! and has grown out of! that change in understanding. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The foundations; 2. Andrew of St Victor; 3. William Fulke and Gregory Martin; 4. Richard Simon; 5. Alexander Gedes; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Select bibliography; General index; Index of modern authors; Scripture references; Index of early Christian literature.
