Hist of OT Interpretation.doc
Lecture notes outlining a survey of Old Testament interpretation throughout history. The document covers the concept of the Old Testament interpreting itself through canonical hermeneutics and inner biblical exegesis. It traces interpretive methods from early Jewish exegesis (including Hillel, Yohannan b. Zikkai, and Philo of Alexandria) and the use of the Old Testament by Jesus, through the early New Testament church (notably Paul) and the early second-century church (Clement, Ignatius, Barnabas, and Justin). The notes further detail the development of allegorical methods in the Alexandrian school (Clement and Origen) in response to Gnostic dualism, the natural/genre-based approach of the Antiochene school (Theodore of Mopsuetia), and concludes with a discussion of post-critical exegesis, referencing Brevard Childs, von Rad, and Bultmann.
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