tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post7929636110521802237..comments2024-01-09T12:59:32.666+01:00Comments on Narrative and Ontology: Reading the letter or the spirit? A case study.Phil Sumpterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-10906493157728888552008-10-02T19:07:00.000+02:002008-10-02T19:07:00.000+02:00And how could I forget? Childs' Struggle to read I...And how could I forget? Childs' <EM>Struggle to read Isaiah as Christian Scripture</EM> is vital, especially the last chapter.Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-74681945006840497652008-10-02T10:49:00.000+02:002008-10-02T10:49:00.000+02:00You can get a full bibliography of Childs' works h...You can get a full bibliography of Childs' works <A HREF="http://www.danieldriver.com/research/bscbib.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. I get the impression that Childs' work is very integrated, so it's a good idea to get a view of the whole. His talk of the "spiritual sense," for example, is closely connected with his Barthian understanding of the text as "witness." I've been trying to make this clear in my thread on <A HREF="http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2007/09/faithful-and-critical-scholarship.html" REL="nofollow">faithful and critical scholarship</A>, in particular my thread on <A HREF="http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2008/07/thread-summary-literal-and-spiritual.html" REL="nofollow">the literal and spiritual senses of scripture</A>. The most useful places to look are Childs' Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments, particular the bit where he talks about "accessing the subject matter" (see contents). His article on "Does the Old Testament Witness to Jesus Christ?" is the other place I would go. The spiritual is accessed through the literal, so understanding his take on that is also important ("The problem of the <EM>Sensus Literarlis</EM> of Scripture," where he stands close to Hans Frei). <BR/><BR/>I hope this is helps for starters ... Childs became more explicit on this later in his career, thought I think the Barth connection means it was always there some how (see my post on <A HREF="http://narrativeandontology.blogspot.com/2008/09/barths-exegesis.html" REL="nofollow">Barth's exegesis</A>). Once you learn to see it, you can see it brimming everywhere under his exegesis (e.g. his thematic emphasis in his Exodus commentary).Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-64747696161194550612008-10-01T18:27:00.000+02:002008-10-01T18:27:00.000+02:00Well said, Phil.Somewhat related question: I will ...Well said, Phil.<BR/><BR/>Somewhat related question: I will likely be writing a paper soon on Henri de Lubac's understanding of spiritual exegesis, and I think I'd like to use Childs as a point of reference. What work(s) of his would you recommend as his most focused, concise account(s) of the spiritual sense?<BR/><BR/>Pax Christi,X-Cathedrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03375891103469974428noreply@blogger.com