SUGGESTION: Essential resources - history, Bible, Lutheran and/or keywords of your choice

MJ. Smith
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edited December 2024 in English Forum

another thread said:

From what I understand of midrash is that
its a complex system of trying to interpret inconsistencies found in the
Old Testament and Jewish Rabbi's have made up elaborate stories to try
to make sense of these inconsistencies.

1. We really need some decent histories of Biblical interpretation to help put interpretative theories in historical perspective. I would suggest:

  • A History of Biblical Interpretation (multivolume)by Alan J. Hauser and Duane F. Watson
  • History of Biblical Interpretation (multivolume) by Henning Graf Reventlow and Leo G. Perdue

2. Then today I received The Apocrypha: The Lutheran Edition with Notes.  While it is not perfect, its notes on the apocrypha in the Lutheran tradition alone are worth the price. It also includes apocrypha of the Slavic/Byzantine Orthodox tradition, Philo, et.al. It definitely belongs in Logos. And I bet I know where I'd want the reading plan that is included. [:)]

3. Because the Lutheran commentary is based on the ESV translation, I renew my request (with even more urgency) to make more comprehensive editions of the Bible available where we are offered what Wikipedia refers to as the Calvinist canon. (not my name but you can't blame me for Wikipedia terminology).

4. For no other reason than that I want it in Logos and haven't sprung for the dead tree version: Celebrating Sundays: Patristic Readings for the Sunday Gospels, Years A, B & C by Stephen Holmes

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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