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The academic disciplines of Biblical Studies and Systematic
Theology were long closely linked to one another. However, in the
modern period they became gradually separated which led to
increasing subject specialization, but also to a lamentable lacuna
within the various branches of Divinity. As the lack of dialogue
between Biblical Studies and the various theological disciplines
increased, a minority-group of scholars in the past few decades
reacted and sought to re-establish the time-honoured bonds between
the disciplines. The present volume is part of this intellectual
response, with contributions from scholars of various professional
and denominational backgrounds. Together, the book's 25 chapters
seek to reinvigorate the crucial cross-disciplinary dialogue,
involving biblical, narrative, historical, systematic-theological
and philosophic-theological perspectives. The book opens the
horizon to contemporary research, and fills a lamentable research
gap with a number of fresh contributions from scholars in the
respective sub-disciplines
Scripture is a beautiful mosaic of Christ. In Christ the Center,
Tomas Bokedal shows how the canon is shaped by numerical patterns
of nomina sacra--scribal reverence for divine names. These
patterns, which especially revolve around Christ, reveal the
devotional and theological preoccupations of the earliest
Christians. The rule of faith is not a later development; it is in
the very text of Scripture. Christ the Center shows a remarkable
interplay between Scripture and theology.
This book offers a fresh cross-disciplinary approach to the current
discussion on the Christian canon formation process. By carefully
integrating historical, hermeneutical and theological aspects to
account for the emergence of the canon, it seeks to offer a more
comprehensive picture of the canon development than has previously
been achieved. The formation and continuous usage of the Christian
biblical canon is here viewed as an act of literary preservation
and actualization of the church's apostolic normative tradition -
'the Scriptures and the Lord' - addressing, first of all, the
church, but also the wider society. In order to grasp the complex
phenomenon of the biblical canon, the study is divided into four
parts, focusing respectively on linguistic and
effective-historical, textual and material, performative, and
ideational aspects of the canon. Attention is given to the scribal
nomina sacra convention, the codex format, oral and written Gospel,
early Christian liturgical praxis and the Rule of Faith. Bokedal
argues that the canon was formed in a process, with its own
particular intention, history, and direction. Throughout the study,
history and theology, past and present are considered alongside
each other. By using a Gadamerian hermeneutics of tradition, the
reader's attention is directed to historical dimensions of the
canon and its interpretative possibilities for our time. The notion
of effective history (Wirkungsgeschichte), as well as the
interaction between text, community and reader are crucial to the
argument. The canonical text as text, its interpretation and ritual
contextualization are highlighted as unifying elements for the
communities being addressed.
This book offers a fresh cross-disciplinary approach to the current
discussion on the Christian canon formation process. By carefully
integrating historical, hermeneutical and theological aspects to
account for the emergence of the canon, it seeks to offer a more
comprehensive picture of the canon development than has previously
been achieved. The formation and continuous usage of the Christian
biblical canon is here viewed as an act of literary preservation
and actualization of the church's apostolic normative tradition -
'the Scriptures and the Lord' - addressing, first of all, the
church, but also the wider society. In order to grasp the complex
phenomenon of the biblical canon, the study is divided into four
parts, focusing respectively on linguistic and
effective-historical, textual and material, performative, and
ideational aspects of the canon. Attention is given to the scribal
nomina sacra convention, the codex format, oral and written Gospel,
early Christian liturgical praxis and the Rule of Faith. Bokedal
argues that the canon was formed in a process, with its own
particular intention, history, and direction. Throughout the study,
history and theology, past and present are considered alongside
each other. By using a Gadamerian hermeneutics of tradition, the
reader's attention is directed to historical dimensions of the
canon and its interpretative possibilities for our time. The notion
of effective history (Wirkungsgeschichte), as well as the
interaction between text, community and reader are crucial to the
argument. The canonical text as text, its interpretation and ritual
contextualization are highlighted as unifying elements for the
communities being addressed.
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