Comments on: Source Criticism and Theology (Noch einmal) http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/ A biblioblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Sources, contexts and histories and canon » Metacatholic http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26834 Sources, contexts and histories and canon » Metacatholic Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:40:53 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26834 [...] of this ties in with the questions raised by Kevin Wilson about source criticism. The interpretative task does both: the examination of the particular [...] […] of this ties in with the questions raised by Kevin Wilson about source criticism. The interpretative task does both: the examination of the particular […]

]]> By: Susan O http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26652 Susan O Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:50:16 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26652 Kevin, Write me! call me! Please! You know where I work! Susan Schmoozin "Is 3rd Isaiah in that Catholic Bible?" Olson. Kevin,
Write me! call me! Please! You know where I work!
Susan Schmoozin “Is 3rd Isaiah in that Catholic Bible?” Olson.

]]> By: John Hobbins http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26619 John Hobbins Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:27:27 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26619 Thanks, Kevin, for a carefully nuanced post. The both/and approach is more respectful of the texture of the literature. Thanks, Kevin, for a carefully nuanced post.

The both/and approach is more respectful of the texture of the literature.

]]> By: Kevin A. Wilson http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26577 Kevin A. Wilson Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:56:02 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26577 I have to admit I don't know much about the approaches of those two. I read some Alter back in seminary, but he seemed to be merely repeating what James Kugel had already said better. I haven't read any more recent stuff, so I am afraid I can't say how their approach fits with source criticism. I have to admit I don’t know much about the approaches of those two. I read some Alter back in seminary, but he seemed to be merely repeating what James Kugel had already said better. I haven’t read any more recent stuff, so I am afraid I can’t say how their approach fits with source criticism.

]]> By: dave b http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26569 dave b Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:52:50 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26569 Yeah, that is a bit vague. I suppose I mean the kind of narratology practiced by figures like Sternberg and Alter. Yeah, that is a bit vague. I suppose I mean the kind of narratology practiced by figures like Sternberg and Alter.

]]> By: Kevin A. Wilson http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26568 Kevin A. Wilson Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:14:33 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26568 Dave, Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean by recent literary approaches. I know some literary approaches that are compatible with source criticism and some that would ignore it entirely. Dave,

Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean by recent literary approaches. I know some literary approaches that are compatible with source criticism and some that would ignore it entirely.

]]> By: dave b http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26561 dave b Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:02:45 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26561 I wonder what you think of some of the relatively recent literary approaches (which are distinct from the canonical approach(es) as Childs himself wanted to make absolutely clear), and if you think these approaches and source criticism are mutually exclusive. I wonder what you think of some of the relatively recent literary approaches (which are distinct from the canonical approach(es) as Childs himself wanted to make absolutely clear), and if you think these approaches and source criticism are mutually exclusive.

]]> By: James Pate http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26514 James Pate Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:51:01 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26514 Thanks for your response. I should have phrased the question "How should theologians use source criticism for theology?" or something like that. You are right to point out that source criticism by itself is theologically neutral (or it should be; bias can be a factor in some cases). Your conclusion is more or less how I approach the text--I try to see value in all of the diverse parts, while recognizing that there are layers and that diversity exists. I wonder to what extent this would work in traditional or orthodox Judaism, however. As a Protestant, I can read the law in Exodus about slavery, and I can read the law in Deuteronomy, for example, and I can come up with a lesson that each teaches. But I do not have to do those laws. The situation would be different if I actually had to observe them. I would have to come up with some way to harmonize them, as the rabbis tried to do, and the result may be a disregard of layers or diversity in the text. I may have to develop or clarify these ideas, but I'll stop here for now. Thanks for your response. I should have phrased the question “How should theologians use source criticism for theology?” or something like that. You are right to point out that source criticism by itself is theologically neutral (or it should be; bias can be a factor in some cases). Your conclusion is more or less how I approach the text–I try to see value in all of the diverse parts, while recognizing that there are layers and that diversity exists. I wonder to what extent this would work in traditional or orthodox Judaism, however. As a Protestant, I can read the law in Exodus about slavery, and I can read the law in Deuteronomy, for example, and I can come up with a lesson that each teaches. But I do not have to do those laws. The situation would be different if I actually had to observe them. I would have to come up with some way to harmonize them, as the rabbis tried to do, and the result may be a disregard of layers or diversity in the text.

I may have to develop or clarify these ideas, but I’ll stop here for now.

]]> By: Source Criticism and the Authority of the Bible « Random Bloggings http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26511 Source Criticism and the Authority of the Bible « Random Bloggings Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:34:52 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2007/08/source-criticism-and-theology-noch-einmal/#comment-26511 [...] I came home and looked at my feed reader and behold! a post on the very topic. Kevin over at Blue Cord has some interesting things to say. [...] […] I came home and looked at my feed reader and behold! a post on the very topic. Kevin over at Blue Cord has some interesting things to say. […]

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