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Lord, inspire us to read your Scriptures and meditate on them day and night.
We beg you to give us real understanding of what we need, that we may in turn
put its precepts into practice. Yet we know that understanding and good
intentions are worthless, unless rooted in your graceful love. So we ask
that the words of the Scriptures may also be not just signs on a page, but channels
of grace into our hearts.--Origen of Alexandria (c.186-254)
Where do the Hebrew Scriptures come from?
Where do the Hebrew Scriptures come from?
1. Parachute option
Where do the Hebrew Scriptures come from?
1. Parachute option2. Gradual appearance and collection optionOral phasesWritten phasesCollection phasesFormalized phaseTranslation phaseReappraisal phases
• J - Yahwist source• E - Elohist source• D - Deuteronomist source• P - Priestly source• R - "Redactor", editor who compiled the sources• DH - "Deuteronomic History": Joshua, Judges, Samuel 1 & 2, Kings 1 & 2• *includes most of the Leviticus• †includes most of the Deuteronomy
How to Read the Bible:4 (or 8?) Options
(beyond liberal and conservative)
Literal: Like a newspaper, science text, or work of nonfiction - attempting to tell objective, literal, observable, scientific facts.
Literary: Like a poem, novel, journal, or movie -
attempting to convey meaningful, mysterious, multi-faceted beauty and truth.
Critical: Questioned. Tested. Scrutinized. Evaluated. Treated
as human, situated, constructed, and interpreted.
Naive:Taken at face value. Unquestioned. Univocal. Treated as divine, transcendent, incorrigible, or absolute.
Literal Literary
2. Critical Literal 4. Critical Literary
1. Naive Literal 3. Naive Literary
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Option 1: Naive Literal
The Bible is a divine text, akin to a
TextbookInstruction manual
Objective historical accountAudit reportConstitution
Option 2: Critical Literal
The Bible is a human text, akin to
a collection of mythsa collection of folk tales
a collection of propagandaa collection of misinformation
Option 3: Naive Literary
The Bible is a collection of literary artifacts, akin to ...
an anthology of moralistic fablesa collection of magic chants or mantras
a source of inspiring stories and quotations
Option 4: Critical Literary
The Bible is a collection of human literary artifacts, akin to ...
a museum an heirloom quilt
a family scrapbook or photo albuma refrigerator door or classroom bulletin board
a specialized library
Literal Literary
2. Critical Literal 4. Critical Literary
1. Naive Literal 3. Naive Literary
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Literal Literary
2. Critical Literal 4. Critical Literary
1. Naive Literal 3. Naive Literary
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FaithfulFaithful
Option 1: Faithful Naive Literal
The Bible is a divine text, akin to a
TextbookInstruction manual
Objective historical accountAudit reportConstitution
through which God can speak to us today.
Option 2: Faithful Critical Literal
The Bible is a human text, akin to
a collection of mythsa collection of folk tales
a collection of propagandaa collection of misinformation
through which God can speak to us today.
Option 3: Faithful Naive Literary
The Bible is a collection of divine literary artifacts, akin to ...
a book of moralistic fablesa collection of magic chants or mantras
a source of inspiring quotations and stories
through which God can speak to us today.
Option 4: Faithful Critical Literary
The Bible is a collection of human literary artifacts, akin to ...
a museum an heirloom quilt
a family scrapbook or photo albuma refrigerator door
a specialized library
through which God can speak to us today.
Literal Literary
2. Critical Literal 4. Critical Literary
1. Naive Literal 3. Naive Literary
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FaithfulFaithful
Why Faithful Critical Literary?
1. Takes the text seriously2. Takes art of interpretation seriously3. Takes humans seriously (producers/readers)4. Takes God seriously5. Takes Jesus seriously6. Takes the Spirit seriously7. Takes the living tradition seriously