Sensing the Scriptures: Aminadab's Chariot and the Predicament of Biblical Interpretation

This book explores the ways that Christians, from the period of late antiquity through the Protestant Reformation, interpreted the Bible according to its several levels of meaning. Using the five bodily senses as an organizing principle, Karlfried Froehlich probes key theological developments, traditions, and approaches across this broad period, culminating in a consideration of the implications of this historical development for the contemporary church.

Distinguishing between principles and rules of interpretation, Froehlich offers a clear and useful way of discerning the fundamental difference between interpretive methods (rules) and the overarching spiritual goals (principles) that must guide biblical interpretation. As a study of roots and reasons as well as the role of imagination in the development of biblical interpretation, Sensing the Scriptures reminds us how intellectually and spiritually relevant the pursuit of a historical perspective is for Christian faith and life today.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 09/01/2014
ISBN: 9780802870803
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.13h x 6.00w x 0.49d
Award: Book of the Year - Winner