Main methodological guidelines of the canonical approach according to Brevard S. Childs

Authors

  • Michał Zmuda Kraków

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.312

Keywords:

B. S. Childs, exegesis, canonical approach, biblical canon, final form

Abstract

The article is a description of main methodological guidelines of the canonical approach according to Brevard S. Childs, a former professor and specialist of the Old Testament at Divinity School of Yale University (New Haven). This new interpretation of the Bible, brought forth by the Pontifical Biblical Commission in The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church has arisen as the basis of critique of several assumptions in regard to the historical critical method connected with the insufficient use of theological dimension of biblical texts in exegesis. Main methodological issues of canonical approach are characterized by the in- terpretation in faith; canon the as norm and border in explanation of biblical texts; emphasis on final form of canonical text; serious treatment of canonical context and unity of the Bible in exegesis. The fundamentals of canonical approach presented let us define it as a “third way” in exegesis, leading through bridge between history and theology.

Published

2008-03-31

How to Cite

Zmuda, M. (2008). Main methodological guidelines of the canonical approach according to Brevard S. Childs. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 61(1), 5–14. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.312

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Articles

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