Word and Supplement

Speech Acts, Biblical Texts, and the Sufficiency of Scripture
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-924438-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

What are Christians saying when they call the Bible the Word of God? How is that statement to be understood in relation to postmodernity's suspicion of meaning? Word and Supplement tackles these questions by bringing post-modern theory into critical dialogue with the often-neglected doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture. The notion of the 'sufficiency' of a text, and the contrasting idea of the 'supplement(s)' which texts carry with them, together provide a sharp critical tool for analysing a variety of contemporary hermeneutical and doctrinal positions. Brought into this discussion are Derrida, from whom the idea of 'supplement' is borrowed, Barth, Frei, Fish, Hirsch, Hauerwas, Gadamer, Bakhtin, Fowl, Wolterstorff, Vanhoozer, Childs, and Warfield. Building especially on descriptions of language as action, Word and Supplement critically reconstructs 'the sufficiency of Scripture' as both a concept and a doctrine which must remain central to Christian theology and practice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- 2: Development and Decline

- 3: The Sufficiency of Divine Speech

- 4: The Sufficiency of the Text

- 5: The Sufficiency of the Canon

- 6: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Timothy Ward is an ordained Anglican minister at All Saints Church, Crowborough, East Sussex