Do We Still Need Inspiration?: Scriptures and Theology

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Do We Still Need Inspiration?

Scriptures and Theology

Edited by: Matthieu Richelle , Camilla Recalcati and Martijn Beukenhorst

Volume 24 in the series Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – Tension, Transmission, Transformation

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111296586

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About this book

The concept of inspiration is part and parcel of the theological tradition in several religious confessions, but it has largely receded to the background, if not vanished altogether, in the discussions of biblical scholars. The question "Do we still need inspiration?" might well reflect the perplexity of many exegetes today. Systematic theologians, for their part, often further their own reflections on the subject independently of developments in the field of exegesis, with the risk of remaining purely theoretical. Biblical research in the last decades has been marked by new insights about the nature of the biblical texts, stemming from the study of their inner plurality (insofar as they combine and sometimes intertwine conflicting theologies), of their textual fluidity, and of their reception. Can these new insights be integrated into a theological reflection on the notion of inspiration? These questions are often explicitly raised about the Jewish and Christian Scriptures, but they also prove increasingly relevant for Qur’ānic studies. This volume addresses them through contributions from exegetes of the Bible and of the Qur’an and systematic theologians.

Author / Editor information

Matthieu Richelle; Camilla Recalcati; Martijn Beukenhorst, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Inspired Writing?
Theology within Textual Plurality?
1 Biblical Plurality: An Ongoing Conversation Embodied in Scriptures Emmanuel Durand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 Theologies in the Hebrew Bible and Theology of the Hebrew Bible: Some Methodological Considerations and Case Studies Konrad Schmid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
How to Deal with Textual Fluidity?
3 Textual Fluidity as a Challenge to Inspiration? A Biblical Scholar’s Point of View Matthieu Richelle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4 Textual Fluidity as a Challenge to Inspiration? A Systematic Theologian’s Point of View Benoît Bourgine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Part II: Inspired Reading?
Active Participation in Revelation?
5 Revelation’s Activating: The Verbal as the Expression of the Personal Impression Mark W. Elliott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6 Reception as Revelation: Correlational Theology in Jewish Tradition and Scripture Benjamin D. Sommer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Reception as Revelation?
7 New Testament Inspiration and Apocryphal Subtext: The Case of the Epistle of Jude Régis Burnet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
8 Qur’ānic Inspiration: A Triple Rupture? Remarks on the Qur’ānic Process of Revelation Mehdi Azaiez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
9 The Respiration of Scripture – Can there be Inspiration without Expiration? Alain Martial, Florence Draguet, Louis de Brouwer and Pedro Valinho Gomes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Index of Ancient and Modern Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the fields of Biblical, Jewish and Quran studies and systematic theology.
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 207
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Tables: 2
Keywords: Inspiration; Theology; Revelation; Reception

eBook

Published: November 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111296586

Hardcover

Published: November 20, 2023
ISBN: 9783111293271