Synopses & Reviews
This introduction to Old Testament exegesis responds to the directives of the Second Vatican Council that instructs biblical interpreters to investigate the meaning the sacred writers intended to express. Thus it acquaints readers with an introduction to the methods commonly used in biblical scholarship today.
Synopsis
Interpreting the Old Testament addresses literary, historical, form, source and redaction, and textual criticism, each in separate chapters. Other chapters concern words and motifs, archaeology and parallels, the Old Testament in Christian worship, and a post-script on canonical criticism and the social sciences as new methods of approach to the study of Scripture.
About the Author
Daniel J. Harrington, SJ, is professor of New Testament at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He has a doctorate in biblical languages and literatures from Harvard University. A past president of the Catholic Biblical Association, he has written many books on the Old and New Testament, including the New Collegeville Bible Commentary on The Letter to the Hebrews (Liturgical Press, 2006).