The Lost World of Scripture – Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority

John H. Walton, Brent Sandy (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2013
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-4032-8 (ISBN)

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Walton and Sandy summarize what we know of orality and oral tradition as well as the composition and transmission of texts in the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman world, and how this shapes our understanding of the Old and New Testaments. The authors then translate these insights into a helpful model for understanding the reliability of Scripture.

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From John H. Walton, author of the bestselling Lost World of Genesis One, and D. Brent Sandy, author of Plowshares and Pruning Hooks, comes a detailed look at the origins of scriptural authority in ancient oral cultures and how they inform our understanding of the Old and New Testaments today.
Stemming from questions about scriptural inerrancy, inspiration and oral transmission of ideas, The Lost World of Scripture examines the process by which the Bible has come to be what it is today. From the reasons why specific words were used to convey certain ideas to how oral tradition impacted the transmission of biblical texts, the authors seek to uncover how these issues might affect our current doctrine on the authority of Scripture.
"In this book we are exploring ways God chose to reveal his word in light of discoveries about ancient literary culture," write Walton and Sandy. "Our specific objective is to understand better how both the Old and New Testaments were spoken, written and passed on, especially with an eye to possible implications for the Bible?s inspiration and authority."
The books in the Lost World Series follow the pattern set by Bible scholar John H. Walton, bringing a fresh, close reading of the Hebrew text and knowledge of ancient Near Eastern literature to an accessible discussion of the biblical topic at hand using a series of logic-based propositions.

John H. Walton is professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College. He is the author of several books and commentaries on the Old Testament and its background. His Lost World of Genesis One (IVP Academic) is widely regarded as offering a game-changing perspective. D. Brent Sandy teaches New Testament and Greek at Wheaton College. He is the author of Plowshares and Pruning Hooks: Rethinking the Language of Biblical Propecy and Apocalyptic (IVP Academic).

Preface

Introduction

Part I. The Old Testament World of Composition and Communication

Proposition 1: Ancient Near Eastern societies were hearing-dominant and had nothing comparable to authors and books as we know them

Proposition 2: Expansions and revisions were possible as documents were copied generation after generation and eventually compiled into literary works

Proposition 3: Effective communication must accommodate to the culture and nature of the audience

Proposition 4: The Bible contains no new revelation about the workings and understanding of the material world

Stepping Back and Summing Up: How the composition of the Old Testament may be understood differently in light of what is known of ancient literary culture

Part II. The New Testament World of Composition and Communication

Proposition 5: Much of the literature of the Greco-Roman world retained elements of a hearing-dominant culture

Proposition 6: Oral and written approaches to literature entail significant differences

Proposition 7: Greek historians, philosophers, and Jewish rabbis offer instructive examples of ancient oral culture

Proposition 8: Jesus' world was predominantly non-literate and oral

Proposition 9: Logos/Word referred to oral communication, not to written texts

Proposition 10: Jesus proclaimed truth in oral forms and commissioned his followers to do the same

Proposition 11: Variants were common in the oral texts of Jesus' words and deeds

Proposition 12: Throughout the New Testament the primary focus was on spoken rather than written words

Proposition 13: Exact wording was not necessary to preserve and transmit reliable representations of inspired truth

Stepping Back and Summing Up: How the composition of the New Testament may be understood differently in light of what is known of ancient literary culture

Part III. The Biblical World of Literary Genres

Proposition 14: The authority of Old Testament narrative literature is more connected to revelation than to history

Proposition 15: The authority of Old Testament legal literature is more connected to revelation than to law

Proposition 16: The authority of Old Testament prophetic literature is more connected to revelation than to future-telling

Proposition 17: The genres of the New Testament are more connected to orality than textuality

Part IV. Concluding Affirmations on the Origin and Authority of Scripture

Proposition 18: Scripture confirms its fundamental oral nature

Proposition 19: Scripture asserts its divine source and illocution

Proposition 20: Inerrancy has its strengths and weaknesses

Proposition 21: Belief in authority not only involves what the Bible is but also what we do with it

Faithful Conclusions for Virtuous Readers

Name and Subjest Index

Scripture Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2013
Verlagsort	Illinois
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	462 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8308-4032-X / 083084032X
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-4032-8 / 9780830840328
Zustand	Neuware