Biblical Theology: Introducing the Conversation (Library of Biblical Theology) - Softcover

Leo G. Perdue; Robert Morgan; Benjamin D. Sommer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687341000 ISBN 13: 9780687341009

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2009

Synopsis

One of the thorniest problems in theological study is the relationship between biblical studies on the one hand, and constructive theology on the other. Theologians know that the Bible is the core source document for theological construction, and hence that they must be in conversation with the best in critical study of Scripture. For many biblical scholars, the point of what they do is to help the biblical text speak to today’s church and world, and hence they would do well to be in conversation with contemporary theology. Yet too often the two groups fail to  engage each other’s work in significant and productive ways. The purpose of the Library of Biblical Theology, and this introductory volume to it, is to bring the worlds of biblical scholarship and constructive theology together. It will do so by reviving biblical theology as a discipline that describes the faith of the biblical periods on the one hand, and on the other hand articulates normative understandings of modern faith and practice.  In this volume the authors begin by providing an overview of the history and possible future of biblical theology. They introduce biblical theology as a fundamentally contrastive discipline, one that is neither dogmatic theology (seeking to explain the official teachings of a particular Christian tradition), nor is it a purely historical approach to Scripture, eschewing questions of the Bible’s contemporary message and meaning. Rather, biblical theology takes seriously both the need to understand the message of Scripture in its particular historical context, and the need to address that message to questions that confront contemporary human life.

About this title

About the Author:

Leo G. Perdue is Professor of Hebrew Bible and President of Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University. He is co-author of "Families in Ancient Israel".

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0687341000
• ISBN 13: 9780687341009
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 346