03298nam a2200481Ka 4500 ocn848920131 OCoLC 20200709055850.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130617s2012 nyu ob 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9781587682179 (electronic bk.) 1587682176 (electronic bk.) 9780809148202 080914820X 1587682176 (OCoLC)848920131 587713 (N$T) BS2361.3 .H36 2012eb REL 006100 bisacsh 225.609/045 23 N$TA Harrington, Daniel J. Witnesses to the Word [electronic resource] : New Testament studies since Vatican II / Daniel J. Harrington, SJ. New York : Paulist Press, [2012] 1 online resource (xvii, 122 p.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-114) and indexes. Interpreting the New Testament -- The Dead Sea scrolls and early Judaism -- Jesus, Prophet of God's kingdom -- The Evangelists as authors -- New perspectives on Paul and Judaism -- Christians in the Roman Empire. Witnesses to the Word is based on the description of the Gospel writers in Dei verbum 19, which in turn alludes to Luke's description of his sources in the prologue to his Gospel (Luke 1:1-4). In the New Testament the word can refer to the person of Jesus (In the beginning was the Word, John 1:1) and to the good news about Jesus proclaimed by the early Christians and now preserved in the New Testament. Moreover, the modern scholars whose works are reported in this book have been in their own ways witnesses to the word of Scripture in that they have devoted their lives to the serious study of the New Testament. Harrington's goal is to show that scholarly study of the New Testament is both necessary and fruitful, and that a simplistic reading of Scripture does not do justice to its richness and will only impoverish the text and the reader. This book is truly a roadmap to New Testament study over the past fifty years. Throughout the author maintains a positive and constructive tone, long having been convinced that there need not exist an ugly ditch between the academic study of the Bible and the believer. Rather, in keeping with the Catholic Church in its recent official statements about the Bible and its interpretation, he believes that serious study of the Bible should both inform and enrich the life of the believer. Description based on print version record. Bible. New Testament Criticism, interpretation, etc. Bible. New Testament Hermeneutics. Catholic Church Doctrines. RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Harrington, Daniel J. Witnesses to the Word. New York : Paulist Press, [2012] 9780809148202 (DLC) 2012039354 (OCoLC)818985106 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=587713 EBSCOhost EBSC 587713 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53393 53393