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Literary Models In Biblical Hermeneutics, Robert Drake
Literary Models In Biblical Hermeneutics, Robert Drake
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
In this paper we will examine, in survey fashion the hermeneutical programs formulated by supernatural orthodoxy,1 the natural religion school,2 and the attempts to find an alternative to these in the post-Enlightenment period of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A preliminary overview is in order to map out the direction of the discussion and to suggest a common uncritical assumption held by all major programs, viz, the use of non-biblical literary models for interpreting the immanent character of the Scriptures.
1. Orthodoxy has reference to the Protestant interpretation of the Bible which accepted the possibility of divine intervention …
Alexander Campbell In Kentucky, Leo Ashby
Alexander Campbell In Kentucky, Leo Ashby
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The question of religion has caused much strife among mankind in the past, and even the present is not without its spiritual prejudices. In any phase of life the individual who departs too far from the accepted order is almost certain to be brought up sharply against the criticism and even ridicule of his contemporaries.
Alexander Campbell is no exception to this rule. His life was one of strife and conflict in the field of religion. His leadership in the “Reformation Movement” of the early Nineteenth Century has left an indelible impression upon the minds of thousands of men and …