Bacon, W. A.
Art of Interpretation, 114n Baker, D. W. et al., eds.
Faith, Tradition, and History, 201n Baldick, C.
Dictionary of Literary Terms, 150n, 152n, 158n
Baron, S. W., 33
Contemporary Relevance of History, 33n
Barr, J., 124, 129
Scope and Authority, 60n, 124n Barthes, R., 64-65
“Introduction,” 65n
Barton, J., 33, 35, 38, 121, 154 Reading the Old Testament, 33n,
36n, 38n, 9On, 122n, 149n, 150n, 153n, 1 5 4 n Bebbington, D., 59, 133
Patterns, 59n, 133n Bergen, R., 47
“Text as a Guide,” 47n, 180n Berlin, A., 51
“Bible as Literature,” 153n Dynamics of Biblical Parallelism, 51 Poetics and Interpretation, 35n, 51n Bimson, J. J., 164
“Merenptah’s Israel,” 165n
“Origins of Israel,” 161n Birch, B. C., 188
Rise of the Israelite Monarchy, 188n Blomberg, C., 41, 50, 59, 62
Historical Reliability, 38n, 41n, Son, 59n, 92n, 93n, 95n, 115n
“New Testament Genre Criti- cism,” 50n
Boling, R. G.
Tramjordan, 146n 231
232 THE ART OF BIBLICAL HISTORY INDEX OF AUTHOWITLES 233
Boling, R. G., and E. F. Campbell, Jr., 145
“Jeroboam and Rehoboam,” 145n Brandfon, F., 144-46
“Limits of Evidence,” 144n, 145n, 146n, 191n Braun, R. L., 77
1 Chronicles, 7911
“Message of Chronicles,” 77n, 83n
Brenner, A., 55
“Triangle, ” 55n Brett, M. G.
“Four or Five Things,” 45n, 122n
Bright, J., 133, 204-6
History of Israel, 133n. 204n, 206n Brinton, C.
“Enlightenment,” 1Oln Brown, C., 12
History and Faith, 12n, 88n, lOOn, 194n
Brown, C., ed.
History, Criticism and Faith, 62n Bruce, F. F.
“Myth and History,” 62n Budde, K. D.
B&her Samuel, 2O7n Caird, G. B., 34, 74, 107, 109
Language and Imagery, 34n, 60x1, 74n, 107n, 109n, 1 3 4 n Callan, T .
“Preface of Luke-Acts,” 92n Callaway, J. A.
“Ai (et-Tell), ” 145n Cameron, A., ed.
History as Text, 152n Cameron, N. M. de S.
Biblical Higher Criticism, 194n Canary, R. H., and H. Kozicki,
eds.
Writing of History, 72n, 15ln Cannon, W. W., 202
“Reign of Saul,” 202n
Carr, D., 69-70
“Narrative,” 62n, 69n, 70n Time, Narrative, and History, 69n Carson, D. A., and H. G. M. Wil-
liamson, eds.
It Is Written, 7 9 n
Carson, D. A., and J. D. Wood- bridge, eds.
Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon, 27n, 28n, 29n Scripture and Truth, 28n, 32n Chadwick, H., 102
“Lessing, ” 103n
Charlesworth, J. H., and W. P.
Weaver, eds.
What Has Archaeology, 245n, 162n Childs, B. S., 208
Introduction, 82n, 83n, 99 Clements, R. E., ed.
World of Ancient Israel, 135n Clines, D. J. A., 47
“Story and Poem,” 21n What Does Eve, 47n, 146n Clines, D. J. A. et al., eds.
Bible in Three Dimensions, 28n, 45n, 187n
Coats, G. W., 44 Genesis, 45n Saga, 41n
Coggins, R. J., and J. L. Houden, eds.
Dictionary, 44n, 48n, 135n Collins, J. J., 38
“Critical Biblical Theology,” 88n
“Morphology of a Genre,” 38n Coogan, M. D.
“Archaeology and Biblical Stud- ies, ” 163n
Cooper, A., 88
“On Reading the Bible,” 88 Craigie, P. C., 176
Old Testament, 176n Cuddon, J. A.
Literary Terms and Literary Theo- ry, 150n
Damrosch, D.
Narrative Covenant, 52n Davies, M.
“Genre,” 48n Deboys, D. G.
“History and Theology,” 78n Dever, W. G.
“Biblical Archaeology,” 142n DeVries, S. J., 181-83
1 Kings, 181n Dillard, R.
2 Chronicles, 78n
“Chronicler’s Solomon,” 85n
“David’s Census,” 78n, 79n, 82n, 83n
“Reign of Asa,” 82n
“Reward and Punishment,” 83n Donner, H.
“Old Testament Historiography,”
201n, 206n Edelman, D., 209-11
“Saul’s Rescue,” 209n, 210n King Saul in the Historiography of
Judah, 21 In Edelman, D., ed., 164
Toward a Consensus, 164n Edwards, D. L., and J. Stott, 175
Evangelical Essentials, 175 Edwards, P., ed.
Encyclopedia, lOOn, lOln, 103n, 191n
Emerton, J. A.
Congress Volume Jerusalem 1986, 41n
Eslinger, L., 208 Evans, W. E.
“Historical Reconstruction,” 201n Fackre, G.
“Evangelical Hermeneutics,” 28n, 36n
Fee, G. D., and D. Stuart How to Read the Bible, 35n Fitzmyer, J. A., 42
Luke X-XXIV, 4 2 n
Flew, A.
Dictionary of Philosophy, lOOn, 191n, 192n
Fokkelman, J. P., 178 King David, 178n, 179n Fowler, R. M., 154-57
Let the Reader Understand, 63n, 154
Fox, R. L.
The Unaurhorized Versioti, 1 4 6 n France, R. T.
Evidence, 50n Frei, H.
Eclipse of Biblical Narrative, 90 Friedman, R. E., and H. G. M.
Williamson, eds.
Future of Biblical Studies, 32n, 88n, 142n
Garbini, G.
History and Ideology, 27n, 146n Geller, S. A.
“Through Windows and Mir- rors,” 151n
Gibson, J. C. L.
Semitics Inscriptions, 126n Gill, D. W. J.
“Authorized or Unauthorized,”
146n, 148n Gnuse, R. K.
“Holy History,” 203n Godfrey, W. R., and J. L. Boyd,
eds.
Through Christ’s Word, 78n Goldingay, J., 96-98, 105
Approaches to Old Testament Inter- pretation, 96n, 99n, 105n,
127n
“Chronicler as Theologian,” 83n
“Patriarchs,” 96n, 106n Gombrich, E. H.
“Mask,” 65n Gordon, R. P.
I and II Samuel, 188n
“Simplicity,” 46n
234 THE ART OF BIBLICAL HISTORY Goslinga, C. J.
Het eerste boek SamuEl, 213n Gossman, L., 151-52
“History and Literature,” 151n, 152n
Gottwald, N. K.
Hebrew Bible, 140n Greenstein, E. L., 171-72
“Genesis of Biblical Narrative,”
45n
“Role of Theory,” 171 Greidanus, S., 40
Modern Preacher, 40n Gruenler, R. G., 174
Meaning and Understanding, 174n Gunn, D. M.
“New Directions,” 151n Hall, D. R.
Seven Pillories, 122n, 149n Hallo, W. W., 46
“Sumerian Literature,” 46n Hallo, W. W. et al., eds.
Scripture in Context II, 201n Halpern, B., 53-56, 61-62, 123,
125, 170, 209-10
“Biblical or Israelite History?‘*
142n
Constitution, 209n, 21011, 214n First Historians, 53, 55n, 58n,
61n, 93n, 123n. 136n, 170n, 185n
“Uneasy Compromise,” 209n, 210n
Halpern, B., and J. D. Levenson, eds.
Traditions in Transformation, 209n Harvey, V. A., 127, 177
Historian and the Believer, 121n, 1 2 7 , 128n, 129n, 177n, 185n, 194
Hawthorn, J.
Glossary of Conremporary Literary Theory, 151n, 158n Hawthorn, J., ed.
Criticism, 158n, 159n
Hemer, C. J., 59
Book of Acts, Sin, 59n, 93n, 170x1, 186n
Henry, C. F. H., 74
Cod, Revelation and Authority, 74n, 75n, 121n Herion, G. A .
“Impact of Modern and Social Science Assumptions,” 14011 Hill, A. E., and G. A. Herrion,
141
“Functional Yahwism,” 141n Hirsch, E. D.
Validity in Interpretation, 3%
Holladay, W. L.
Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexi- con, 55n
Holmberg, B., 141
Sociology, 135n. 14On, 141n Holmes, A. F.
“Christian Philosophy,“. 19ln House, P. R.
Beyond Form Criticism, 150n Housman, A. E., 122
Selected Prose, 122n Hughes, P., 32
“Truth of Scripture,” 32n Irwin, W. A., 206
“Samuel and the Rise of the Monarchy,” 206n Ishida, T., 32, 204
‘ ‘Adonijah, ” 32n, 33n Royal Dynasties, 204n Jeremias, J.
Parables of Jesus, 42n Juhl, P. D., 159
“Playing with Texts,” 158n, lS9n Kegler, J.
Politisches Ceschehen und theolo- gisches Verstehen, 207n Kelsey, D. H., 198
Uses of Scripture, 194n, 197n, 198n
Kimchi, D. K.
Samuel, 212n
INDEX OF AUTHORS/TITLES 235
King, P. J., 142, 148
“Influence of G. Ernest Wright,”
143n
“Marzeah Amos Denounces,”
148n Kittel, R.
Geschichre des Volkes Israel, 2 1 3 n Klein, W. W. et al., eds.
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, 15on
Koch, K.
Growth, 44n
Koehler, L., and W. Baumgartner et al.
Hebriiisches und Aramiiisches Lexi- kon, 55n
Kugel, J., 51
Idea of Biblical Poetry, 51 La Sor, W. et al.
Old Testament Survey, 162n Lambert, W. G.
“Old Testament Mythology,”
4Qn Lance, H. D., 148
Old Testament and the Archaeolo- gist, 148n
Langlamet, F., 188
“Les r&its de l’institution de la royaut&” 188n
Leahy, F. S.
“Gospel and History,” 60n Licht, J.
“Biblical Historicism,” 201n, 202n
Storytelling, 35n Lods, A.
Israel J?om Its Beginnings, 213n Long, B. O., 13, 182
1 Kings, 182n
“Historical Narrative,” 13n Long, V. P.
“Old Testament Narrative,” 52n Reign and Rejection, 43n, 46n,
47n, 52n, 112n, 149n, 152n,
188n, 208n, 210n, 213n, 218n
Longman, T., 39
Literary Approaches, 35n, 38n, 40n, 43n, 45n, 52n, 150n, lSln, 153n, 1 6 0 n Lowth, R., 51
Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews, 51n Machen, J. G.
“History and Faith,” 90n Maier, G., 178
Biblische Hermeneutik, 178n Malamat, A., 54, 55n, 223
“Proto-History of Israel,” 223n Mandelbaum, M.
Art, Perception, and Reality, 65n Mayes, A. D. H.
“Sociology,” 135n Mazar, A., 201
Archaeology, 201n, 202n McCarter, P. K., 188
I Samuel, 188n, 207n, 212n McCullagh, C. B., 33, 136
Justifying Historical Descriptions, 34n, 136n, 137n, 1 9 2 n Merrill, E. H.
“LB/El Transition,” 163n
“Palestinian Archaeology,” 163n Mettinger, T. N. D.
King and Messiah, 211n
Meyers, C. L., and M. O’Connor Word of the Lord, 223n
Michalson, G. E., 103, 121 Lessing’s “Ugly Ditch, ” 103n,
121n Millard, A. R.
“Old Testament and History,”
126n, 202n
Millard, A. R., and D. J. Wiseman, eds.
Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives, 96n
Miller, J. M., 125-27, 134, 144, Old Testament and the Historian,169
125, 134n
“Old Testament History,” 144n
“Reflections, ” 144n, 146n. 169n, 172n
“Saul’s Rise to Power,” 211n Mink, L. O., 69, 75-76
“Narrative Form, ” 72n, 75 Moberly, R. W. L., 111
At the Mountain, llln, 112n Morgan, R., 12, 28, 101, 104-5,
108-9, 115, 140, 174 Biblical Interpretations, 28n, 3011,
IOln, 102n, 103n, 104n, IOSn, 108n, 109n, IlSn, 135n, 14011, 175n Review ET 101 (1990), 12n Muddiman, J.
“Form Criticism, ” 44n Na’aman, N.
“Story of King Saul,” 188n Namier, L., 73n
Nash, R. H., 173, 191-92 Christian Faith, 68n, 8911, 19ln,
192n
Faith and Reason, 173 Worldviews in Conflict, 173n Nelson, R., 181, 184
First and Second Kings, 18ln, 183n, 184n
Noll, M. A.
Between Faith and Criticism, 173n Oja, M. F., 68
“Fictional History,” 68n, 91n Osborne, G., 38, 40
“Genre Criticism, ” 38n, 39n, 4On, 4ln, 44n, 4 5 n Osiek, C., 135
“New Handmaid, ” 135 Parker, C.
“Methods,” 14On, 185n Patrick, D., and A. Scult Rhetoric, 6ln, 107n, 204n Patte, D.
“Speech Act Theory,” 31n Perdue, L. G. et al.
Archaeology, 142n, 143n, 147n
Pinaar, D. N.
“Die stad Jerigo, ” 117n Polzin, R.
“1 Samuel,” 52n, 149x1 Porter, J. R., 48
“Old Testament Historiography,”
48n Powell, M. A.
What Is Narrative Criticism? 35n, 62n, 93n, 149n, ISOn, ISIn, 159n
Prickett, S., 90
“Status of Biblical Narrative,”
Prior, A. N.
“Correspondence Theory, ” 191 n Propp, W. H. et al, eds.
Hebrew Bible, 88n,.. 163n Ramsey, G. W., 49, 96, 116-18,
177, 186, 198
Quest, 49, 96n, 116, 118, 178n,
185n, 186n, 198n Reynolds, K.
Art Terms, 64n Rigney, A.
Rhetoric of Historical Representation, 152n
Ringer, F. K.
“Causal Analysis,” 14On Robertson, D., 152
Old Testament and the Literary Critic, 152
Rodd, C. S., 140
“Sociology,” 135n, 14On Rogerson, J., and P. R. Davies, 60
Old Testament World, 6011 Rose, D. G., 142, 144
“Bible and Archaeology,” 142n, 144n
Roth, P. A.
“Narrative Explanations,” 72n Ryken, L.
Literature, 153n
Ryken, L., and T. Longman, eds.
Literary Guide, 35n
2 3 6 THE ART OF BIBLICAL HISTORY INDEX OF AUTHORS/TITLES 237
Sailhamer, J. H.
“1 Chronicles 21:1,” 78n Searle, J. R.
“Fictional Discourse,” 66n Sharp, J. C.
“Miracles,” 49n Silva, M., 36-37, 170
Has the Church Misread, 36n, 37n
“Historical Reconstruction,” 27n, 17011, 172n
“Old Princeton,” 29n Simon, R.
Histoire critique du Vieux Testa- ment, 111
Smelik, K. A. D., 203 Converting the Past, 93n Saul: de voorstelling van Zsraels
eerste koning, 203n, 213n Soggin, J. A.
Introduction to the Old Testament, 221n
Soulen, R.
Handbook, 60n Spies, J.
“Geschichtlichkeit, ” 134n Stanford, M., 42, 69, 120, 140
N a t u r e , 4 2 , 43n, 68n, 69n, 9ln, 120n, 14ln
Stanton, G. N.
Gospels and Jesus, 50n Steele, K., 63-65, 71 Stern, E., 147
“Bible and Israeli Archaeology,”
147n
Sternberg, M., 13-14, 34-35, 52- 53, 66-67, 113, 214-15 Poetics of Biblical Narrative, 13.
14n, 35n, 37n, 5 2 , 53n, 58n, 62n, 66n, 67n, 68n, 75n, 113n, ISIn, 2 1 4 Stoebe, H. J.. 213
Das erste Buch Samuelis, 207n, 214n
“Zur Topographie,” 21 In
Strange, J. F.
“Some Implications of Archaeol- ogy, ” 162n
Strauss, D. F., 101-4, 108-15, 180, 187n, 193
Life of Jesus, 102-4, 109, 112, 180n
Tadmor, H., and M. Weinfeld, eds.
Historiography and Interpretation, 201n
Thiselton, A. C., 149-50, 157 New Horizons, 122n, 150n, 153n,
154n, 155n, 157n, 158n
“On Models and Methods,” 28n, 109n
Thompson, R. J.
Penitence and Sacrijce, 207n Thompson, T. L., 97-98, 106
Early History of Israel, 27n Historicity, 97, 106n Throntveit, M. A.
When Kings Speak, 83n Tilly, C., 139
Sociology, 139 Toombs, E. L., 143
“Perspective on the New Archae- ology,” 143n
Toulmin, S. E., 194-98, 200 Uses of Argument, 194 Trigg, R., 98
“Tales Artfully Spun,” 35n, 93n, 98n, 185n
Tsevat, M., 89, 208
“Israelite History,” 73n, 89n, 93n Van Seters, J.
In Search of History, 60n, 201n Vanhoozer, K. J., 91-92
“Semantics of Biblical Litera- ture,” 29n, 30n, 47n, 66n, 91n
Vartanian, A.
“Holbach,” 101 n Veijola, T.
Evige Dynastie, 207n
Page numbers in bold type respective topics.
Accession pattern, 209- 10 Acts, book of, 92n, 93
Acts, mighty. See Mighty acts of God
Agency,
divine, 105, 107, 120, 125-28, 132, 134, 161, 167, 225. See also Divine intervention personal, 120, 132
Analogy, principle of, 127, 129-31, 168
Archaeology/archaeological evidence, 117, 142-49
and historical reconstruction, 144-45, 147-48, 162-65, 168
necessity of interpretation, 144- 45, 190
nomothetic tendencies of, 143- 44 Argumentation, structure of, 194-
200, 226
Art analogy. See History-writing as representational art/literature Authorial intent. See Intent Authority
biblical. See Bible locus of, 173-75
Background beliefs. See Worldview Balaam story, 49-50
Baur, F. C., 104 Bible
as foreign book, 30-38, 177-79 as history, 27-57, 92-93, 225 as literature, 149
indicate major discussions of the
authority of, 24, 32n, 76, 109, 170, 173-75
essential character of, 28, 57
“foolproof composition” of, 37n perspicuity of, 36-37
trustworthiness of, 116- 17 uniqueness of, 48 Christianity
essence of, 94, 98, 118
soteriological character of, 94-95 Chronicle, 74
Chronicler, the. See Synoptic histo- ries of the Old Testament Comparative method, 22, 33n, 45-
46, 55-57, 187, 226 Competence
ancient linguistic, 34-35, 179 ancient literary, 33-34, 42-43.
56, 112, 149, 179 Consistency, internal and external.
See Testimony
Context, as a key to discovering a text’s purpose, 66-68, 180-84 Contradictions, 76n
Conventions, 34-35, 187 cultural, 31-32 literary, 25, 149
Correlation, principle of, 129, 131- 32, 168
Creativity and constraint, 70, 86- 87, 225. See also History-writ- ing
Criteria for determining historicity, 44, 47-50, 57, 66, 108-16, 176-84. See also Strauss, D.
F.
2 4 3
THE ART OF BIBLICAL HISTORY CriticaVpre-critical, definitions, 109,
124-25
Criticism, principle of, 129, 168 David, king of Israel, 77 Deconstruction, 150, 158-59 Detail, economy of, 72-73, 155 Discourse, influence of larger dis-
course unit upon smaller, 47- 48, 50, 57, 67, 96, 114-15, 169n. 180, 183-84, 193, 196- 97
Divine intervention, 94-95, 1 lo- 11, 114, 125-30, 134, 174. See also Agency, divine.
Elijah and Elisha, 77, 181-84, 196- 97
Emergence of Israel in Canaan, 160-67
Enlightenment, 94, 99-101, 109, 118, 202
Event and interpretation, 97-99, 105-7, 148, 190-91 Evidence. See also Testimony
external, 185, 189-94, 199. 221 internal, 21-22, 185-89, 199 material, 189-90. See also Ar-
chaeology Fable, Jotham’s, 49, 184n Facts
bare facts, 74, 99 concept of, 68
Fiction(al), 112-- 13, 179, 225 its role in history-writing, 58-87 senses of the word, 60-63 what it can accomplish, 26 Form criticism, 46, 50 Formalism, 150, 157n
Gapping, literary device, 214-16 Genre criticism, 38-50
descriptive, not prescriptive, 43 in New Testament studies, 50 in Old Testament studies, 51 simplicity criterion, 44n Genre(s), 27-57, 190
categories, 40
commonality of, 35-37 definitions of, 38-40
diversity of in Bible, 30, 57, 91- 9 2
levels of, 39
macro-genre of the Bible, 14, 29-30, 39, 92, 179, 221 recognition of, 20-22, 41-43, 56 restrictions on in Bible, 45-46 Gunkel, H., 105
Hegel, G. W. F., 102, 104 Hermeneutics, 169-200 Herodotus, 146n
Historical-critical method, 109n, 123-35
definition, 124-25
Historical criticism, 46, 149, 161, 168. See also Historical-critical method
Historical research, 108 canons of, 123
law court analogy, 34, 185-86, 188-89, 193-94, 198-99 Historicity
criteria for determining. See Cri- teria for determining histo- ricity
importance of for Christianity, 12, 88-119, 93-99, 103, 108-9, 116-19, 225 of Acts, 51, 92n, 93
of the books of Kings, 181-83 of the Gospels, 50, 101-4, 108-9 purported irrelevance of, 88-90,
93-94, 102-4, 106, 118-19 History
and fiction, 58-87 and interpretation, 74 as account, 59-60 as past events, 59-60 Bible as. See Bible, as history definition of, 14, 58-87 importance of, 12, 88-117, 93-
99
INDEX OF
redemptive. See Redemptive his- tory
senses of the word, 59-60 Universal. See Universal history History, theology, and literature,
14, 26, 27, 43, 53, 57, 71, 117, 167, 220, 225 History-writing (historiography)
as a creative enterprise, 68-73, 87, 225
as literature, 74, 151-53 as representational art/literature,
13, 21, 23, 56, 63-68, 70- 71, 74, 149, 155, 179, 192- 93, 225-26
varieties of, 56, 66, 71 Ideal Chronicler, 72 Idealism, 105, 191-92
Idiographic (= focus on individual and particular), 135-41, 144 Imagination, use of in history-writ-
ing, 69n
Inspiration, divine, 75-76 Intent
antiquarian/historical, 53, 59, 169-70
authorial, 53, 154, 158-59 embodied, 23, 48, 176n Interpretation. See History and in-
terpretation Jericho, 116- 19 John, gospel of, 92n Kant, I., 102
Law court analogy. See Historical research
Laws of nature, 49
Legend(ary), 45, 94, 96, 112, 114- 15, 180, 182
Leibniz, G. W., 103 Lessing, G. E., 102 Lightfoot, J. B., 108-9
Linguistic competence. See Compe- tence
Literature, definition, 152-53
SUBJECTS 245
Literary approaches
a-/anti-historical tendencies of, 106, 149-54, 159n, 166 and historical reconstruction,
159-60, 165-66 diversity of, 150 necessity of, 149-50
Literary communication, model of, 153-54, 159-60
Literary competence. See Compe- tence
Luke, gospel of, 92 Meaning
(in)determinacy of, 158-59, 176n according to reader-response criti-
cism, 154-59 of historical events, 74, 75n Merenptah Stele, 164, 165n Mesha Inscription, 126 Methods and models, 121, 134,
171-72, 176. See also World- view
Mighty acts of God, 106 Mimesis, 152
Miracles/miraculous, 40, 96, 101, 110, 115, 125, 127, .129-30, 132, 174. See also Supernatur- alism
Model of reality. See Worldview Modernism, 75-76
Myth, 62n, 88n, 102, 113-14 Narrative criticism, 150, 187. See
also Poetics Narrative form, 75
structure of reality or authorial construct? 69-71 Narrative, Hebrew, 52 New Criticism, 150
Nomothetic (= focus on general and typical), 135-41, 143-44, 146
Parables, 91-92, 96-97, 102 rich man and Lazarus, 41-42 Past, unrepeatable, 74, 223 Patriarchal narratives, 95-98
Patterning, 114
Poetics, 50-53, 187, 226 definition, 51 Poetry
character of, 54-55 Hebrew, 51- 52
Portraiture, 18, 20-23, 70, 74-75, 106-7, 223, 225
Presuppositions, 147, 172. See also Worldview
Prophets as historians, 107 Providence, 75, 105, 133 Purpose
context as a key to discovering, 66-68, 180-84
sense of, 66-68, 96, 113, 180 Reader-response approaches, 154-60
deficiencies of, 155 - 58 definition of, 154 diversity of, 154
meaning according to, 154-58 Reason, 100. See also Enlightenment
necessary truths of, 102-3 autonomous human/rationalism,
103, 109
Reconstruction, historical, 112, 120, 122, 124, 130, 133, 135, 138- 49, 159-60, 164, 167, 187, 192, 194-200
Redaction criticism, 52n Redemptive history, 89, 95, 118,
225
Referentiality, 20-21, 107, 154, 167, 179
referential constraints, 67-68 Reimarus, H. S., 99, 101 Relativism, 173
historical, 76 Representation, 20-21
adequacy and authority of, 73-76 characteristics of, 71-73
history-writing as, 63-68, 152n, 179
Resurrection, 116- 17, 132n
Revelation, 39, 75n, 79-80, 92, 95, 97, 100-101, 103, 105-6, 128, 158, 174, 181
Rhetorical criticism, 150 Salvation-history, 105
Saul, king of Israel, 77, 187-88, 201-23
Scholarship, causes of scholarly dis- agreements, 120-68
Scripture. See Bible
Selectivity, in history-writing, 72- 7 3
Simplification, necessity of in his- tory-writing, 72
Skepticism
historical, 108, 135, 177-79 linguistic, 158-59
Sociology/social sciences, 135-42, 168
anachronistic tendencies of, 139 and the religious dimension,
140-41
anti-literary tendencies of, 135-42 nomothetic tendencies of, 135,
137-41
Solomon, king of Israel, 77 Song of Deborah, 53-56 Source criticism, 52n, 1 1 1 - 12 Speech-acts, 29, 46, 91, 155-56,
159, 176 Spinoza, 103
Strauss, D. F., 101-4, 108-16 guilt-by-association criterion,
114-15, 180, 193
negative criterion (internal consis- tency/external noncontradic- tion), 111-12, 193 negative criterion (philosophical),
110-11, 183, 193
positive criterion (form), 112-13 positive criterion (substance),
113-14 Structuralism, 150
Structure. See Narrative form
Supernaturalism. See also Divine in- tervention
anti-, 103, 125, 182, 202 Synchronic vs. diachronic reading,
47n, 52, 111-12, 149, 187-88 Synoptic histories of the Old Testa-
ment, 77-86
Testimony/witness, 74, 107, 116.
See also Evidence
external consistency of, 185-86, 189-94, 199, 226 internal consistency of, 185-89,
194, 199, 256 listening to, 177-85 Theology
history-centered, 102 philosophical, 102 Troeltsch, E., 121, 128-32 Truth, 24, 91-93, 191-93
coherence theory of, 191-93
establishment of, 26 illustration of, 26, 102 truth claim, 24-25, 29-30, 48,
61n, 90, 90-93, 9 5 - 9 6 , 166, 168, 170-71, 176-85, 189, 193-94, 199, 220-22, 226
truth value, 24-25, 29-30, 92, 116, 170-71, 176-77, 184- 94, 199, 20-21
Tiibingen school, 104 Universal History, 75 Vatke, W., 104 von Rad, G., 105
Wellhausen, J., 104, 205, 223 Witness. See Testimony
Worldview/background beliefs, 43, 93, 108, 110, 115, 120-22, 131-34, 147, 167, 171-76, 184-85, 199, 121-22, 225