Canon as Rule and Guide - Collected Essays

The fifty-two essays collected here span half a century of biblical scholarship. Together they provide a view into the history of Old Testament studies from the vantage of a scholar who worked to integrate his command of it with several cognate disciplines, including New Testament, Biblical Theology, and the history of interpretation. Canon is a rule and guide: this is a ubiquitous concern in the work of Brevard Childs. As he argues, scripture has been shaped with frameworks for interpretation, guidelines built into it through a complex editorial process that resulted in a multifaceted canon with two Testaments. Scripture is a canon and rule of faith that in turn shapes the church's confession and life of faith. This approach to scripture entails a holistic view that touches the Bible's composition and reception histories as well as its enduring claim on living communities of faith.

Product details

• Authors: Brevard S Childs, Brevard S. Childs
• Assisted by: Daniel R. Driver (Editor), Daniel R Driver (Editor)
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2023
• EAN: 9783161593451
• ISBN: 978-3-16-159345-1
• No. of pages: 574
• Dimensions: 176 mm x 37 mm x 239 mm
• Weight: 1058 g
• Series: Forschungen zum Alten Testament; FAT; Forschungen zum Alten Testament / FAT
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity