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Interpreting Scripture - Medieval Interpretations and Historical Critical Method

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This introductory course examines historical-critical interpretation of the New Testament alongside pre-modern approaches, focusing on Origen, Augustine, and Bernard of Clairvaux.

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- Chapter 1. The Principles of the Historical Critical Method of Interpretation
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- Chapter 2. The History of Historical Criticism
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- Chapter 3. Pre-Modern Interpretation and "Literal" and "Allegorical" Meanings of Texts
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- Chapter 4. Pre-Modern Interpreters: Origen
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- Chapter 5. Pre-Modern Interpreters: Augustine
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- Chapter 6. Pre-Modern Interpreters: Bernard of Clairvaux
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