Article
“Dei verbum in Light of the History of Catholic Biblical Interpretation.”
Josephinum Journal of Theology
(2016)
Abstract
This article offers a narrative of the history of Catholic biblical interpretation leading up to the Second Vatican Council, including the engagement of Catholic scholars with the ongoing developments in critical biblical studies. This history is beneficial in understanding the teaching on the interpretation of Scripture as found in the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei verbum, indicating the polyvalent ways biblical interpretation was practiced in the patristic and medieval periods, as well as the chal-lenges that emerging critical scholarship posed to such traditional exegesis. Through this narrative of Catholic interpretation in the centuries and generations leading up to the Council–including that during the era of the modernist controversy–the essay seeks to provide a broader context in which to understand the achieve-ment of Dei verbum.
Keywords
- Dei Verbum,
- Vatican II,
- History of Biblical Interpretation
Publication Date
2016
Citation Information
Jeffrey Morrow. "“Dei verbum in Light of the History of Catholic Biblical Interpretation.”" Josephinum Journal of Theology Vol. 23 Iss. 1-2 (2016) p. 227 - 249 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey-morrow/33/