{"product_id":"interpreting-the-bible-the-jaroslav-jan-pelikan-9780300102673","title":"Interpreting the Bible \u0026 the Constitution","description":"Both the Bible and the Constitution have the status of \"Great Code,\" but each of these important texts is controversial as well as enigmatic. They are asked to speak to situations that their authors could not have anticipated on their own. In this book, one of our greatest religious historians brings his vast knowledge of the history of biblical interpretation to bear on the question of constitutional interpretation. Jaroslav Pelikan compares the methods by which the official interpreters of the Bible and the Constitution-the Christian Church and the Supreme Court, respectively-have approached the necessity of interpreting, and reinterpreting, their important texts. In spite of obvious differences, both texts require close, word-by-word exegesis, an awareness of opinions that have gone before, and a willingness to ask new questions of old codes, Pelikan observes. He probes for answers to the question of what makes something authentically \"constitutional\" or \"biblical,\" and he demonstrates how an understanding of either biblical interpretation or constitutional interpretation can illuminate the other in important ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaroslav Jan Pelikan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300102674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300102673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.78w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2004 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 871","brand":"Jaroslav Jan Pelikan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055881318655,"sku":"9780300102673","price":73.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b4e7afea-d2c5-4d7d-8e19-4fc7e008fd02.jpg?v=1685038322","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/interpreting-the-bible-the-jaroslav-jan-pelikan-9780300102673","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}