01177nam a2200289 a 4500 20260119070400.0 2021-11-20 10:54:58 9780801049682 1 1 eng 220.609 K28-S78 Stanglin, Keith D. Author The letter and spirit of biblical interpretation From the early church to modern practice Keith D. Stanglin Michigan Baker Academic 2018 274tr. Paperback 23cm For the better part of fifteen centuries, Christians read Scripture on two complementary levels, the literal and the spiritual. In the modern period, the spiritual sense gradually became marginalized in favor of the literal sense. The Bible came to be read and interpreted like any other book. This brief, accessible introduction to the history of biblical interpretation examines key turning points and figures and argues for a retrieval of the premodern spiritual habits of reading Scripture. Bible -- Criticism -- History 211001 TKH 5791 5791 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-5791 0.00 BK