THE (IR)RELEVANCE OF BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP? A CHALLENGE, AND AN OPPORTUNITY

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Benjamin D. Giffone
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Has biblical scholarship become irrelevant to modern secular societies? Are the threats to the viability of biblical scholarship of the same nature as the threats to other areas of the humanities (history, philosophy, literature), or is there a qualitative difference? What about the role of technology in biblical research and biblical education? What is the future of the institutions of biblical scholarship such as universities, seminaries, journals, and academic presses? What is the role of biblical scholars in secular and post-secular societies, as contrasted with scholars in/from emerging communities? This essay argues that the problem of “validation” lies at the heart of biblical scholarship’s irrelevancy within the broader secularity of modern world and that this problem is even more evident in the scholarly discourse coming from regions like Eastern Europe and South Africa. However, the loss of authority of biblical scholarship more generally represents an opportunity for these communities. Rather than becoming enamoured of validation from the North Atlantic world, Bible-reading communities must cultivate their own forms of validation based in their unique histories with the Bible, and the affinities between their own histories/cultures and the cultures that produced the Old and New Testament texts.
圣经学术的相关性?既是挑战,也是机遇
圣经研究与现代世俗社会无关了吗?对圣经学术生存能力的威胁与对其他人文学科(历史、哲学、文学)的威胁是一样的吗?还是有质的区别?科技在圣经研究和圣经教育中的作用是什么?圣经研究机构如大学、神学院、期刊和学术出版社的未来是什么?与新兴社会的学者相比,圣经学者在世俗和后世俗社会中的角色是什么?这篇文章认为,“验证”的问题是圣经学术与现代世界更广泛的世俗无关的核心问题,这个问题在来自东欧和南非等地区的学术话语中更为明显。然而,圣经学术权威的丧失更普遍地代表了这些社区的机会。与其沉迷于来自北大西洋世界的认可,圣经阅读团体必须基于他们与圣经的独特历史,以及他们自己的历史/文化与产生旧约和新约文本的文化之间的亲和力,培养他们自己的认可形式。
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