Opening Scripture : Bible reading and interpretive authority in Puritan New England / Lisa M. Gordis.

Author/creator Gordis, Lisa M.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Descriptionxi, 309 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc. --New England. --History. --17th century.
Bible--Homiletical use. --History. --17th century.
Puritans--New England.

Contents "Humane skill" and "The arte of prophecying -- John Cotton : reading, preaching, and the rhetoric of inevitability -- Thomas Shepard : God's word and God's words -- Applying the Word home : Thomas Hooker's affective reading and preaching -- "Goe home and consider" : lay responses to the preached text -- "Mist and fog" : Roger Williams and the problem of interpretation -- "All the strife amongst us" : consensus, reading, and revelation in the Antinomian controversy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-295) and index.
LCCN 2002006715
ISBN0226304124 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BS500 .G67 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold