In the School of the Word. Biblical Interpretation from the New to the Old Testament (original) (raw)

2021, Translated by Kristin Towle. With an introduction by Kevin Zilverberg

Carlos Granados and Luis Sánchez-Navarro propose reading the Bible with Christian faith, not as one approach among many, but as a disposition demanded by the New Testament for proper interpretation of both the Old and the New. Even so, the authors’ faith never leads them to dismiss history or to discard the tools of the historical-critical method. On the contrary, these sciences allow the faithful reader to take a holistic approach to biblical truth. When the reader also takes full account of the ecclesial reality in which the Bible was formed and transmitted, and in which it must be read still today, he or she encounters the word proclaimed by the text. Indeed, the words of Holy Writ ultimately proclaim the Word (Logos), Jesus Christ, in whose Spirit they were written. The authors’ years of shared prayer, study, conversation, and ministry have led to this coauthored book, comprised of thirteen individually authored essays, which bears witness to that ongoing unity that they live as confreres. Not surprisingly, Granados and Sánchez-Navarro frequently reference the same theologians, especially Brevard Childs, Paul Beauchamp, SJ, and Pope Benedict XVI.