The Hidden Book in the Bible.By Richard Elliott Friedman.HarperCollins. 402 pp. $25. I have used Richard Friedman’s best-selling book on source-criticism, Who Wrote the Bible?, in my introductory course for several years. Unlike most introductions to the problem of the Bible’s . . . . Continue Reading »
Thinking Biblically: Exegetical and Hermeneutical Studies.By André Lacocque and Paul Ricoeur. Translated by David Pellauer.University of Chicago Press. 441 pp. $30. In the wake of the Enlightenment’s assault on tradition no field of theology has suffered more than the study of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture – New Testament II: Mark.Edited by Thomas C. Oden and Christopher A. Hall.Inter Varsity. 317 pp. $39.99Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture – New Testament VI: RomansEdited by Gerald Bray.Inter Varsity. 440 pp. $39.99Reading Scripture with the . . . . Continue Reading »
Father Albert Vanhoye recently began his second five-year term as Secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. In this interview with Catholic writer and lay theologian Peter Williamson, given in Rome on January 14, 1997, Vanhoye reflects upon key issues in Catholic interpretation of Scripture. . . . . Continue Reading »
Ten years ago I had an experience that made me vividly aware of the two worlds with which the practitioner of the critical study of the Bible inevitably deals. Reading applications for the doctoral program whose faculty I had only recently joined, I was struck by the frequency on the . . . . Continue Reading »
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