The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

Description

This Cambridge Companion offers an up-to-date and accessible guide to the fast-changing discipline of biblical studies. Written by scholars from diverse backgrounds and religious commitments - many of whom are pioneers in their respective fields - the volume covers a range of contemporary scholarly methods and interpretive frameworks. The volume reflects the diversity and globalized character of biblical interpretation in which neat boundaries between author-focused, text-focused, and reader-focused approaches are blurred. The significant space devoted to the reception of the Bible - in art, literature, liturgy, and religious practice - also blurs the distinction between professional and popular biblical interpretation. The volume provides an ideal introduction to the various ways that scholars are currently interpreting the Bible. It offers both beginning and advanced students an understanding of the state of biblical interpretation, and how to explore each topic in greater depth.

Ian Boxall is Associate Professor of New Testament at The Catholic University of America. He has published widely o New Testament interpretation and reception. His recent publications include Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse, Matthew Through the Centuries, and Christ in the Book of Revelation. Bradley Gregory is Associate Professor of Old Testament at The Catholic University of America. He is the author of Like an Everlasting Signet Ring: Generosity in the Book of Sirach, The Theology and Spirituality of the Psalms of Ascents, and numerous articles on Second Temple Judaism and early biblical interpretation.