NSOM 5310 Foundations of Catholic Biblical Interpretation
The course's content and structure are suggested by a description of the Bible by the Second Vatican Council: the words of God expressed in human language (DV 13). It will deal with the concepts of Revelation, Transmission-Tradition, Inspiration, Biblical Truth and the Canon, which traditionally expresses the Church's belief in the divine origin of the Bible. Second, it will deal with the Bible as a human document, linked to a culture rooted in specific coordinates of space and time. Finally, it will review the development and nature of modern scientific methods and approaches of Biblical interpretation, together with the Church's reactions to and positions on these methods and approaches in the last 100 years.