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The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative

A Study of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1980

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Laced with brilliant insights, broad in its view of the interaction of culture and theology, this book gives new resonance to old and important questions about the meaning of the Bible.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Preface

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    1. Introduction

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    2. Precritical Interpretation of Biblical Narrative

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    3. Change in Interpretation: The Eighteenth Century

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    4. Anthony Collins: Meaning, , Reference, and Prophecy

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    5. Hermeneiitics and Meaning-as-Reference

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    6. Biblical Hermeneutics and Religious Apologetics

    105
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    7. Apologetics, Criticism, and the Loss of Narrative Interpretation

    124
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    8. Hermeneutics and Biblical Authority in German Thought

    155
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    9. The Quest for A Unitary Meaning

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    10. Herder on thfe Bible: The Realistic §pirit in History

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    11. The Lack of Realism in German Letters

    202
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    12. Strauss’s Perfection of the "Mythical" Option

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    13. Hermeneutical Options at the Turn of the Century

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    14. Myth and Narrative Meaning: A Question of Categories

    267
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    15. The Hermeneutics of Understanding

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    16. "Understanding" and Narrative Continuity

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    Notes

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    Index

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