Publisher's Synopsis
The contributions in this volume examine the question of Scripture's normativity, particularly the processes which make written and traditional texts binding in light of the historical and political conditions which give rise to normativity. This task entails thinking about a living practice which still struggles today to articulate exactly how the biblical canon is to be considered the sole rule and guideline. The contributions aim to shift the discussion away from a scriptural principle and towards a principle of dispute instead, which views Scripture as a normative guideline continually put to the test by experience. This volume therefore examines questions of normativity from multiple perspectives: legal, historical, systematic, practical-theological as well as exegetical.
