The Bible in History

How the Texts Have Shaped the Times

David W. Kling (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

496 Seiten

2023 | 2nd Revised edition
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-766907-5 (ISBN)

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Over 15 years after its original publication The Bible in History remains an essential examination of the symbiotic relationship between Scripture and the social and cultural contexts shaping its interpretation. David W. Kling traces the fascinating story of how specific biblical texts-sometimes a single verse, other times a selection of verses or chapters, even books-have at various times emerged to be the inspiration of movements that have changed the course of history. Episodes range from Anthony's call to the desert and a life of monasticism after hearing Jesus's directive to the "rich young rule" to give up his possessions, to the Anabaptists non-violent ethic in following Jesus' teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, to the varied applications of the exodus motif in African American history.

This revised and expanded second edition adds two new chapters. The first examines the text in Matthew 28:18-20 and considers the multitudinous interpretations before, during, and after the text emerged as the iconic "Great Commission" of missionary motivation in the modern period. The second assesses those biblical texts that encompass the divisive and ongoing issue of male homosexuality. Both chapters engage the question of, "how the texts have shaped the times," but, as Kling argues, the "times" have also exerted an enormous impact on shaping the interpretation of the texts, and hence, on the continuing disputes over the meaning of those texts.

David W. Kling is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Miami. He is the author of A History of Christian Conversion (Oxford, 2020).

Introduction
1. "Follow Me": Anthony and the Rise of Monasticism
2. "Upon This Rock": Peter and the Papacy
3. "Let Him Kiss Me with the Kisses of His Mouth!": Bernard and the Song of Songs
4. "The Righteous Will Live by Faith": Luther's Search for a Gracious God
5. "Love Your Enemies": Anabaptists and the Peace Tradition
6. "Let My People Go": Exodus in the African American Experience
7. "Filled with the Holy Spirit": The Roots of Pentecostalism
8. "One in Christ Jesus": Women's Ministry and Ordination
9. "Go and Make Disciples of All Nations": The Great Commission and the Modern Protestant Missionary Movement
10. "Men Committed Shameless Acts with Men": The Homosexual Debate in Our Time
Conclusion
Notes
General Index
Index of Scripture

Erscheinungsdatum	17.12.2022
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	235 x 157 mm
Gewicht	640 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-766907-7 / 0197669077
ISBN-13	978-0-19-766907-5 / 9780197669075
Zustand	Neuware