Exegesis

About: Exegesis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 3017 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25212 citations. The topic is also known as: Bible interpretation.

4Q252: From Re-Written Bible to Biblical Commentary

Abstract: Biblical commentary on the Hebrew Bible in the ancient world begins with the ancient versions. This chapter consists of a series of exegetical remarks, some with lemmas, and some without, situated sequentially and covering Genesis 6-49, but with no overt principle governing its choice of passages on which to comment. It examines and analyzes the manuscript's exegetical remarks in isolation from one another with an eye toward substantiating these claims, then proceeds to discuss earlier attempts at its classification. The chapter attempts to characterize the entire text and its biblical exegesis, we must first establish the ways in which these first efforts to interpret 4Q252 have gone awry. For both Lim and Eisenman-Wise, then, a commitment to or presupposition about this document as a sectarian work has interfered with its interpretation. The author returns now to the commentary for a survey and description of its exegetical principles.Keywords:4Q252; biblical commentary; Eisenman-Wise; exegetical principles; Lim

Julian von Aeclanum. Studien zu seinem leben, seinem werk, seiner lehre und ihrer Überlieferung

Abstract: This book is a monograph on the life, work, thought and reception of Julian of Aeclanum. It is divided into six chapters: The first chapter deals with issues concerning reception, history of research and sources. Chapter Two discusses Julian's likely date of birth (ca. 380 AD) and place of origin (Aeclanum). Chapter Three is about Julian's social, cultural and religious background, which is illustrated by his contacts with Paulinus of Nola, who celebrated Julian's wedding with Titia, a daughter of Aemilius bishop of Benevent, with an epithalamium. Chapter Four outlines Julian's intellectual profile, his education and range of knowledge, the relationship between secular and ecclesiastical education in his time, his philosophical leanings, his rhetorical technique, his style and his approach to logics and ethics. Chapter Five continues with Julian's exegesis and hermeneutics, and his affinity to Antiochene exegesis, especially to the style of Theodore of Mopsuestia; this is illustrated by examples from prophetic and Pauline exegesis. Chapter Six deals with Julian's career running up to the episcopate, parallel to the unfolding of the first Pelagian controversy. It discusses in detail Julian's reaction to the condemnation of Pelagius and Caelestius in 418 and the consequences, Julian's deposition and exile, his visit to Theodore of Mopsuestia in Cilicia, his renewed appeals in east and west and his final years and death. The book concludes with a final evaluation of the current state of research on Julian and a list of desiderata for further research, a list of sources, literature before and after 1850 and indices of Biblical references, ancient authors, names, places and items, and modern authors.

First and Second Samuel

Abstract: With critical scholarship and theological sensitivity, Walter Brueggemann traces the people of God through the books of Samuel as they shift from marginalized tribalism to oppressive monarchy. He carefully opens the literature of the books, sketching a narrative filled with historical realism but also bursting with an awareness that more than human action is being presented. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.