Originalism in Theology and Law

Mark J. Boone; Mark D. Eckel

doi:10.5771/9781666932133

Summary

In the study of American law, originalism is primarily a theory about the meaning of the Constitution—that its meaning can only change when its words change. Originalism also appears in biblical theology as a theory on the meaning of the Bible—that its meaning is that intended by the original authors. Originalism in Theology and Law: Comparing Perspectives on the Bible and the Constitution offers a study of originalism in both the Bible and the Constitution. While there are significant connections between originalism as a theory of biblical interpretation and as Constitutional interpretation, there are also differences in the type of text as well as its purpose, function, origins, or authority, which may affect which nuanced version of originalism best fits a particular text, or the best method of interpreting it.

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Copyright year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-1-66693-212-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-3213-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 234
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. 1. The Scope of This Book No access
  2. Which Originalist Theories Are We Dealing With? No access
  3. The Thesis of This Book and Why It Matters No access
2. Why This Book? No access
3. And What Can We Learn? No access
4. Notes No access
5. Works Cited No access
1. Personal No access
2. Eternal No access
3. Triune No access
4. Creator No access
5. Revelator No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
8. Works Cited No access
1. 1. Contextual Focus—Originalism and Hermeneutics No access
  2. Contributional Focus—Aesthetics and Art No access
2. Intentionalism, Depiction, and Gestalt No access
3. 1. A Few Forms of Denial and How to Deny Them No access
  2. A Few Gleanings from the Comparison No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
6. Works Cited No access
1. The Oven of Akhnai No access
2. Akhnai, Constitutionalism, and the Torah No access
3. Living Originalism and the Oven of Akhnai No access
4. Talmudic Insights: Integrity and Living Originalism No access
5. Integrity and Interpretation: Future Work No access
6. Notes No access
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1. The Current Discussion No access
2. Theory No access
3. Hypothesis No access
4. 1. Dependent Variable: Constitutional Interpretation No access
  2. Independent Variable: Literal Hermeneutic No access
  3. Control Variables No access
5. 1. Entries Are a Logistic Regression of Originalism No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
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1. Originalism and Theological Crisis No access
2. Originalism in Transition No access
3. 1. Luther: More Than “Lawyers’ Law” No access
  2. Eisermann: Stability of Textual Meaning No access
  3. Oldendorp: Equity as Ubiquitous No access
  4. Interpretation and Proclamation No access
4. Notes toward a “Lutheran Originalism” No access
5. Notes No access
6. Works Cited No access
1. 1. The Specter of Competing Originalisms No access
  2. Originalism, Textualism, and Constructionism No access
2. Contrasts between Constitutional Originalism and Dispensational Literalism No access
3. Favorable Comparisons between Constitutional Originalism and Dispensational Literalism No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
6. Works Cited No access
1. Why Originalism? No access
2. 1. Biblical Originalism No access
  2. The Nature of the Bible No access
3. 1. 1. What Is Originalism in Law? No access
    2. Who Can Interpret the Constitution? No access
  2. The Nature of the Constitution No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. Notes No access
6. Works Cited No access
1. Textualism and the Pentateuch No access
2. The Case of the Two Alphabets No access
3. Ambiguity and Vagueness in the Pentateuch No access
4. Traduttore, Traditore No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. Works Cited No access
1. The Twin Pillars of Authority and Humanity for All Studies No access
2. Originalism in Authority, for Humanity No access
3. 1. Authoritative Structural Concepts Established in Gen. 1:1–2:3 Theology No access
4. Original Sin in Humanity, Needing Intentional Authority No access
5. 1. The Creation Order No access
  2. The Cultural Mandate No access
  3. The Rights of the Individual No access
  4. The Responsibilities of the Individual No access
  5. The Tension of the Ideal and the Real No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
Index No access Pages 227 - 230
About the Authors No access Pages 231 - 234