Quotables
QUOTABLES FROM SCJ 10.1 (quotables from other issues)
Chosen by Alisha Paddock
Graduate Student, Emmanuel School of Religion
"Biblical interpretation that is rooted and steeped in sectarianism or in parochialism is bound to be distorted and flawed"
Dennis Lindsay, "Bread Broken and Scattered" (SCJ 10.1:6)
"In the context of the world church . . . we ultimately recognize that Holy Scripture does not belong to anyone unless it belongs to everyone" (14).
Dennis Lindsay, "Bread Broken and Scattered" (SCJ 10.1:14)
"Interpretation is the way we appropriate texts–the only way."
Eugene Boring, "How Disciples Interpret the Bible (SCJ 10.1:22).
"We belong to the church, the ongoing people of God in continuity with the biblical communities of faith to which all Scripture was addressed" (34).
Eugene Boring, "How Disciples Interpret the Bible (SCJ 10.1:22).
"In the Bible, the human is a living soul."
John Castelein, "Bless the Lord, O My Brain?!" (SCJ 10:1:43)
"[Theological integration] provides a means through which faith may be consistently expressed both in the lives and ministries of Christian educators’ lives."
James Riley Estep, Jr., "How Christian is Christian Education?" (SCJ 10.1:74)
"Theology helps Christian educators identify what can be considered Christian in education."
James Riley Estep, Jr., "How Christian is Christian Education?" (SCJ 10.1:75)
"New Testament epistles certainly were performed before a living congregation as an act of worship, instruction, and encouragement" (78).
Mark Alterman, "Digital Resources for Ancient Languages" (SCJ 10.1:78)
"Whether or not a move to adopt modern Greek pronunciation will ever occur, students should be introduced to the issue, since it does have bearing on textual criticism."
Mark Alterman, "Digital Resources for Ancient Languages" (SCJ 10.1:84)
"In this case, the larger contexts of Isaiah 56 and Jeremiah 7 do enhance the Markan passage, addressing issues beyond a surface critique of the economic practices of the temple by labeling its authorities as insurrectionists whose agenda threatens to thwart the universal salvation of God"
