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2 - Historical Criticism

Methods

from Part I - Methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2022

By
Shively T. J. Smith
Edited by
Ian Boxall  and
Bradley C. Gregory
Ian Boxall
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Bradley C. Gregory
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

Methods of biblical historical criticism are interpretive strategies analyzing texts and significance and the infinite contexts and contacts of history. Examining the histories of individual biblical writings, noncanonical writings, and biblical canons encompass a variety of endeavors deployed in limitless configurations.

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The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 37 - 54
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Blount, Brian K. “The Souls of Biblical Folks and the Potential for Meaning.” JBL 138.1 (2019): 6–21.Google Scholar
Fander, Monika. “Historical-Critical Methods.” Pages 205–24 in vol. 1 of Searching the Scriptures. Edited by Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler. New York: Crossroad, 1993.Google Scholar
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. The Interpretation of Scripture: In Defense of the Historical-Critical Method. New York: Paulist Press, 2008.Google Scholar
Hahn, Scott, and Wiker, Benjamin. Politicizing the Bible: The Roots of Historical Criticism and the Secularization of Scripture, 1300–1700. New York: Crossroad, 2013.Google Scholar
Krentz, Edgar. The Historical-Critical Method. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2002.Google Scholar
Levenson, Jon D. The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1993.Google Scholar
Penner, Todd C., and Lopez, Davina C.. De-Introducing the New Testament: Texts, Worlds, Methods, Stories. Oxford: Wiley Blackwell, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Prior, Joseph G. The Historical Critical Method in Catholic Exegesis. TGST 50. Rome: Gregorian University, 1999.Google Scholar
Reinhartz, Adele. “The Hermeneutics of Chutzpah: A Disquisition on the Value/s of ‘Critical Investigation of the Bible.’” JBL 140.1 (2021): 8–30.Google Scholar
Vander Stichele, Caroline, and Penner, Todd. Her Master’s Tools? Feminist and Postcolonial Engagements of Historical-Critical Discourse. GPBS 9. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2005.Google Scholar

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