Pandora's Box Opened: An Examination and Defense of Historical-Critical Method and Its Master Practitioners

For many, the historical-critical method has released a host of threats to Christian faith and confession. In Pandora's Box Opened, however, Roy Harrisville argues that despite the evils brought upon biblical interpretation by the historical-critical method, there is still hope for it as a discipline.

Harrisville begins by describing the emergence and use of the historical-critical method. He then attends to the malaise that has come over the method, which he says still persists. Finally, Harrisville commends the historical-critical method, though shorn of its arrogance. He claims that the method and all its users comprise a "Pandora's Box" that, when opened, releases "a myriad other pains," but hope still remains.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 08/09/2014
ISBN: 9780802869807
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.95d

Review Citations: Books & Culture 01/01/2015 pg. 24