By Frei, Hans W.; Frei, Hans W.; Nazianzenus Gregorius; of Nazianzus Saint. Gregory; of Nazianzus Saint. Gregory; Fulford, Ben; Frei, Hans W

Key to a theology of scripture and the way theology features when it comes to the translation of Christianity's non secular texts is the $64000 factor of religion and heritage. looking to deal with a serious challenge in theology and the translation of scripture raised through smooth old attention, Ben Fulford argues for a densely historic and theological interpreting of scripture situated in a Christological rubric. The argument herein uncovers a trend of triune motion and presence within the rhetorical use of Christian sacred texts, one that attracts readers into fuller participation within the shaping of heritage in Christ. Tracing the matter during the smooth theological background, the writer turns to a comparative account of theologically patterned examining represented by way of patristic theology in Gregory of Nazianzus and postliberal theology in its pivotal founder, Hans Frei. The ebook addresses the problem of historicity and old attention, argues for the relevance of pre-modern techniques to scripture, and provides a clean and wide account of 2 salient figures from the early and modern culture, hence enacting a theology of retrieval as a source on a gift factor of significant significance

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Key to a theology of scripture and the way theology services in terms of the translation of Christianity's spiritual texts is the $64000 factor of religion and historical past. looking to deal with a serious challenge in theology and the translation of scripture raised by way of sleek historic realization, Ben Fulford argues for a densely ancient and theological studying of scripture based in a Christological rubric.

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T. ↵ Another useful correction to misreadings of Frei on the historicity of the resurrection can be found in Jason A. ↵ “Hans Frei,” in Justin S. ↵ So Richard R. ↵ See David Demson, Hans Frei and Karl Barth: Different Ways of Reading Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997); J. ↵ See, for example, Andrew Louth, Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology (Oxford: Clarendon, 1989), or David Steinmetz’s famous article, “The Superiority of Pre-Critical Exegesis,” in The Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Classic and Contemporary Readings, ed.

Chapter 7 turns to Frei’s theology of history as providentially ordered in Jesus Christ in all its creaturely contingency and complexity, and suggests several ways of taking it forward in light of Gregory’s pneumatology and concerns with divine pedagogy and persuasion and human transformation. Chapter 8 completes the argument by examining Frei’s theology of Scripture in its connection to his theology of Scripture in virtue of his Christocentric account of Christian reading and of the truth of Scripture, and again proposes similar theological modifications in light of Gregory.

48-1984. A. com. 1 For Alison. Contents Dedication Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Theological Interpretation of Scripture and the Question of History 2. God, Christ, and History in Gregory of Nazianzus 3. The Reshaping of History Jesus Christ and the Baptized Life in Gregory of Nazianzus 4. Distributing the Word Holy Scripture and the Preacher in Gregory of Nazianzus 5. From Letter to Spirit 6. The Rhetorical Deployment of Scripture in Gregory 7. History, Biblical Narrative, and the Shaping of Identity in Hans Frei 8.

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