Sacred Text And Interpretation
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Sacred Texts Interpreted
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Author : Carl Olson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-10-05
Sacred Texts Interpreted written by Carl Olson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Religion categories.
Covering the major monotheistic religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—as well as selected Eastern religions and Bahá'í, Zoroastrianism, and Mormonism, this cross-cultural book offers excerpts of sacred texts and interprets passages to enable a deeper understanding of these religious writings. Sacred Texts Interpreted: Religious Documents Explained gives readers the opportunity to examine—directly—the primary sources of different religions and to better understand these texts through expert commentary on selected passages. The interpretative material investigates the nature of sacred texts along with the relationship between sacred scripture and canon, and it explains why these sacred texts have enduring significance and influence. The author provides suggestions on how to read a sacred text before turning to the textual selections from 13 religious traditions arranged alphabetically, beginning with the Bahá'í religion and ending with Zoroastrianism. Each chapter is devoted to the primary textual sources of a particular religious tradition and is prefaced by an introduction to the literature that places it within its historical and cultural heritage. The emphasis for each religion is on its foundational scriptures that are often considered sacred by its adherents. Readers will gain a much greater appreciation of how powerful religious texts have always been across human culture and throughout millennia—and of how religious thought and ideology have shaped daily life, built civilizations, inspired art and literature, and incited wars and violence.
Fighting Words
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Author : John Renard
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-12-31
Fighting Words written by John Renard and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-31 with Religion categories.
One of the critical issues in interreligious relations today is the connection, both actual and perceived, between sacred sources and the justification of violent acts as divinely mandated. Fighting Words makes solid text-based scholarship accessible to the general public, beginning with the premise that a balanced approach to religious pluralism in our world must build on a measured, well-informed response to the increasingly publicized and sensationalized association of terrorism and large-scale violence with religion. In his introduction, Renard provides background on the major scriptures of seven religious traditions—Jewish, Christian (including both the Old and New Testaments), Islamic, Baha’i, Zoroastrian, Hindu, and Sikh. Eight chapters then explore the interpretation of select facets of these scriptures, focusing on those texts so often claimed, both historically and more recently, as inspiration and justification for every kind of violence, from individual assassination to mass murder. With its nuanced consideration of a complex topic, this book is not merely about the religious sanctioning of violence but also about diverse ways of reading sacred textual sources.
Sacred Scripture
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Author : Richard N. Soulen
language : en
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Sacred Scripture written by Richard N. Soulen and has been published by Westminster John Knox Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Religion categories.
How did the Bible's sixty-six books become sacred Scripture? How have they been understood and interpreted over the last two thousand years? What was it that led to our acceptance of the Bible as the true word of God? For two millennia, Christians have accepted the importance of the Bible as sacred Scripture, and for as many years they have struggled to comprehend its meaning. Over the centuries the church has expressed the centrality of Scripture in numerous ways, and Christians have studied and interpreted the Bible in a wide variety of faithful approaches. Understanding that process is critical to our ability--and our willingness--to accept the Bible as sacred and true. To that end, Richard Soulen leads us through the history of how Christian understandings of the Bible have changed and developed throughout history.
Sacred Text Origins
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Author : Amelia Khatri
language : en
Publisher: Publifye AS
Release Date : 2025-02-14
Sacred Text Origins written by Amelia Khatri and has been published by Publifye AS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-02-14 with Religion categories.
Sacred Text Origins explores the historical development of major religious scriptures, including the Bible, Quran, Vedas, and Buddhist Sutras. It traces their evolution from oral traditions to written forms, highlighting the human element in their creation, preservation, and interpretation. The book argues that the authority of these texts is intertwined with the processes that shaped them, revealing how scribes, translators, and even political leaders influenced what are considered divinely inspired words. Think of it like a game of telephone across centuries, where each person subtly alters the message. The book uniquely compares the development of these texts, identifying shared patterns and distinct paths. It examines early manuscripts, explores diverse interpretation methods across cultures, and analyzes the impact of cultural context, theological debates, and political agendas. For example, understanding the historical context surrounding the Quran's compilation helps illuminate its diverse interpretations today. Beginning with oral traditions, the book progresses through writing and preservation, then delves into diverse interpretations, offering a comprehensive overview of these foundational texts.
Sacred Languages And Sacred Texts
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Author : John F. A. Sawyer
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1999
Sacred Languages And Sacred Texts written by John F. A. Sawyer and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
By considering the status of Hebrew in Judaism alongside that of Greek in Rome Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts sheds new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion.
Reading Sacred Scripture
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Author : Stephen Westerholm
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-08
Reading Sacred Scripture written by Stephen Westerholm and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-08 with Religion categories.
A rich display of the Christian tradition’s reading of Scripture Though well-known and oft-repeated, the advice to read the Bible “like any other book” fails to acknowledge that different books call for different kinds of reading. The voice of Scripture summons readers to hear and respond to its words as divine address. Not everyone chooses to read the Bible on those terms, but in Reading Sacred Scripture Stephen and Martin Westerholm (father and son) invite their readers to engage seriously with a dozen major Bible interpreters — ranging from the second century to the twentieth — who have been attentive to Scripture’s voice. After expertly setting forth pertinent background context in two initial chapters, the Westerholms devote a separate chapter to each interpreter, exploring how these key Christian thinkers each understood Scripture and how it should be read. Though differing widely in their approaches to the text and its interpretation, these twelve select interpreters all insisted that the Bible is like no other book and should be read accordingly.
How Jews And Christians Interpret Their Sacred Texts
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Author : Charles David Isbell
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2014-08-18
How Jews And Christians Interpret Their Sacred Texts written by Charles David Isbell and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-18 with Religion categories.
How Jews and Christians Interpret Their Sacred Texts is a comparative textual study that demonstrates the connections between the Hebrew Scriptures, sacred to both Judaism and Christianity, and the Jewish Talmud and Christian New Testament, which respectively became the bases for all modern systems of the two faiths. Even as official interpretations changed from "plain sense" to more elaborate explications, commentators in both faith systems continued to hold to the position that their conclusions were not only based firmly upon the initial authoritative text, but were in fact the natural extension and continuation of it. To describe these classical and early post-classical appropriations, Isbell discusses the "transvaluation" of texts, or efforts to retain the core values of authoritative sacred texts that are bound to specific times and situations while seeking to extrapolate from these ancient documents meanings that are relevant to current faith and praxis. As Isbell shows, transvaluation presupposes both the freedom and the necessity of reinterpreting perceived timeless teachings in light of historical, theological, sociological, and political developments that occurred long after the composition of the texts themselves.
Reading The Sacred Text
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Author : V. George Shillington
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2002-12-01
Reading The Sacred Text written by V. George Shillington and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-01 with Religion categories.
A comprehensive manual for anyone wishing to become competent in reading and understanding the Scriptures of the Judeo-Christian tradition. The chapters of this book introduce the reader to all aspects of biblical studies. They guide the reader through the maze, from 'Venturing In' to 'Negotiated Reading'. There are sections on, for example, considering the self-consciousness of the reader/interpreter, the interaction of the tradition with the text of Scripture through the ages, the various literary genres together with the principal forms within the larger biblical documents, ways of reading the text in the modern and post-modern periods, how the academic reading of Scripture and the church reading interact, the relation between competent reading of the sacred text and the preparation and delivery of the sermon, the place of dialogue in the interpretive process. The conclusion sums up the discussion throughout the book and focuses the issues for a competent reading of the Bible and related writings. Student-friendly features include, at the end of each chapter: --An Objective, summarizing the content and objective of the chapter 12-14 lead questions with act as in-depth study exercises--Full bibliography and suggestions for further reading
The Revelatory Text
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Author : Sandra Marie Schneiders
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
The Revelatory Text written by Sandra Marie Schneiders and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Bible categories.
In this book, Schneiders investigates the meaning of the theological claim that the Bible is the "Word of God" and the "church's book," along with the implications of these claims for biblical interpretation. She then examines the historical, literary, and religious-spiritual dimensions of the New Testament. Schneiders puts her theory to a test in a feminist interpretation of John 4. She argues that the comprehensive object of biblical interpretation is not merely information but transformation and that an adequate hermeneutical theory must include a wide range of exigetical and critical methods within a theologically and philosophically adequate understanding of scripture as sacred text.--From publisher's description.
Sacred Languages And Sacred Texts
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Author : John Sawyer
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-10-02
Sacred Languages And Sacred Texts written by John Sawyer and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with History categories.
Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts is the first comprehensive study of the role of languages and texts in the religions of the Greco-Roman world, including Judaism and Christianity. It explores bilingualism, language learning, literacy, book production and translation, as well as some of the more explicitly religious factors, including beliefs about language, missionary zeal, ritual, conservatism and the power of a priestly establishment. Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts sheds new light on the role of the power of words, spoken and written, in religion.