Reading the Word. An ecclesiastical interpretation of the Bible in the Orthodox church and its difficulties from the point of view of the Christian West

Authors

  • Marcin Składanowski Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.45

Keywords:

Bible, Church, orthodoxy, exegesis, biblical canon

Abstract

The article presents a specific ecclesiastical interpretation of the Bible within Orthodox theology and shows some difficulties of this approach from the point of view of Western theological thought. The article discusses the problem of the Orthodox biblical canon and the main difficulties associated with the division between „canonical” and „non-canonical” books. Then the text presents specific elements of Orthodox biblical exegesis, with emphasis on the community of the Church as its primary context. The article also touches the problem of biblical language, and especially importance attached to the text of the Septuagint as well as critical evaluation of certain modern translations of the Bible by Orthodox theologians. The text reveals the elements of the Orthodox approach to the interpretation of the Bible that are valuable for all Christian theological traditions as well as the main theological problems related to it.

Published

2014-09-30

How to Cite

Składanowski, M. (2014). Reading the Word. An ecclesiastical interpretation of the Bible in the Orthodox church and its difficulties from the point of view of the Christian West. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 67(3), 229–244. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.45

Issue

Vol. 67 No. 3 (2014)

Section

Articles

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