Reading in Christian Community <subTitle>Essays on Interpretation in the Early Church</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partNumber>vol. 14</partNumber> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Bobertz, Charles A.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">7:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>University of Notre Dame Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>233tr.</extent> <extent>paperback, illustration</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>A diverse and prestigious group of biblical scholars, church historians, and theologians study the function that scripture plays in the creation and maintenance of faith communities and the ways that communal locations in turn shape the interpretation of scripture. The first part of the book examines specific examples of ancient biblical interpretation as a means of creating, maintaining, and challenging Christian identity in the pluralistic ancient world. Part 2 of the volume considers the general problem of interpretation within Christian communities, whether ancient or modern, as they face the task of maintaining a coherent identity in a multicultural environment.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Charles A. Bobertz, David Brakke (Editors)</note> <subject> <topic>Church - History - ca 30-600 (Early Church)</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible - New Testament - Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">270.1</classification> <classification authority="ddc">B663-C48</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780268040178</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15100/87.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15100/87.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071435.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>