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The historical-critical method [electronic resource] : a guide for the perplexed / David R. Law.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Guides for the perplexedPublication details: London ; New York : T&T Clark International, c2012.Description: 1 online resource ( ix, 331 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780567578204 (electronic bk.)
  • 0567578208 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Historical-Critical Method : A Guide for the PerplexedDDC classification:
  • 220.67 23
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Contents:
Cover; Halftitle; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; The disputed status of the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'historical' in the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'critical' in the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'method' in the historical-critical method; The sense of Scripture; (a) The original sense; (b) The intended sense; (c) The historical sense; (d) The literal sense; (e) The plain sense; The presuppositions of historical criticism; 1. Probability; 2. Analogy.
(A) The past is like the present(b) Analogy between societies; 3. The principle of correlation; 4. Anti-supernaturalism; 5. The bracketing out of inspiration; The methods of historical criticism; 2 A Brief History of Historical Criticism; Traces of historical criticism in the early Church; Intimations of historical criticism in the Middle Ages; The Renaissance: laying the foundations of historical criticism; The Reformation and the rise of literal exegesis; The Enlightenment: the rise of the historical study of the Bible.
The nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century: historical criticism as the status quoHistorical criticism and Roman Catholicism; The late twentieth and early twenty-fi rst centuries: the crisis of historical criticism?; 3 Textual Criticism; A brief history of textual criticism; The history of the textual criticism of the Old Testament; The history of the textual criticism of the New Testament; The method of textual criticism; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; The manuscripts; Translations; Quotations by the Rabbis and the Church Fathers; 2. The criterion of best witness.
3. The criterion of genealogical relationship(a) The Alexandrian family; (b) The Western family; (c) The Byzantine family; 4. The criterion of reliability; 5. The criterion of antiquity; 6. The criterion of geographical diversity; 7. The criterion of transcriptional probability; (a) The identifi cation of error; (b) Identifying authentic readings; Textual criticism in action; Gen. 2.4b-3.24; 2.4b; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. The criterion of transcriptional probability; 2.12; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. The criterion of transcriptional probability.
Matt. 15.21-2815.22: 'Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting. "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon" '; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. Criterion of best witness; 3. Criterion of reliability; 4. Criterion of transcriptional probability; 15.26: 'He answered: "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs"; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. Criterion of best witness; 3. Criterion of transcriptional probability.
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15.27: 'She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Halftitle; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; The disputed status of the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'historical' in the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'critical' in the historical-critical method; Problems with the term 'method' in the historical-critical method; The sense of Scripture; (a) The original sense; (b) The intended sense; (c) The historical sense; (d) The literal sense; (e) The plain sense; The presuppositions of historical criticism; 1. Probability; 2. Analogy.

(A) The past is like the present(b) Analogy between societies; 3. The principle of correlation; 4. Anti-supernaturalism; 5. The bracketing out of inspiration; The methods of historical criticism; 2 A Brief History of Historical Criticism; Traces of historical criticism in the early Church; Intimations of historical criticism in the Middle Ages; The Renaissance: laying the foundations of historical criticism; The Reformation and the rise of literal exegesis; The Enlightenment: the rise of the historical study of the Bible.

The nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century: historical criticism as the status quoHistorical criticism and Roman Catholicism; The late twentieth and early twenty-fi rst centuries: the crisis of historical criticism?; 3 Textual Criticism; A brief history of textual criticism; The history of the textual criticism of the Old Testament; The history of the textual criticism of the New Testament; The method of textual criticism; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; The manuscripts; Translations; Quotations by the Rabbis and the Church Fathers; 2. The criterion of best witness.

3. The criterion of genealogical relationship(a) The Alexandrian family; (b) The Western family; (c) The Byzantine family; 4. The criterion of reliability; 5. The criterion of antiquity; 6. The criterion of geographical diversity; 7. The criterion of transcriptional probability; (a) The identifi cation of error; (b) Identifying authentic readings; Textual criticism in action; Gen. 2.4b-3.24; 2.4b; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. The criterion of transcriptional probability; 2.12; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. The criterion of transcriptional probability.

Matt. 15.21-2815.22: 'Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting. "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon" '; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. Criterion of best witness; 3. Criterion of reliability; 4. Criterion of transcriptional probability; 15.26: 'He answered: "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs"; 1. List variants with their manuscript support; 2. Criterion of best witness; 3. Criterion of transcriptional probability.

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