Participatory Biblical Exegesis

<p>The interpretation of Scripture has depended largely on the view of history held by theologians and exegetes. In <i>Participatory Biblical Exegesis</i> Matthew Levering examines the changing views of history that distinguish patristic and medieval biblical exegesis from modern historical-critical exegesis.</p> <p>Levering argues for a delicate interpretive balance in which history is understood both as a process that participates in God's creative and redemptive presence and as a set of linear moments. He identifies a split between theological and historical interpretations of scripture beginning in the high Middle Ages considerably earlier than the emergence of historical-critical methods in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Instead he offers a vision of Scripture that is rooted in the exegetical practice of St. Thomas Aquinas and his sources but embraces historical-critical research as well.</p> <p><i>Participatory Biblical Exegesis</i> provides an original theological basis for critical exegesis. It integrates the work of contemporary exegetes philosophers theologians and historians to provide a compelling vision of biblical interpretation.</p>