Pandora's Box Opened: An Examination and Defense of Historical-Critical Method and Its Master Practitioners (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802869807)

For many, the historical-critical method has released a host of threats to Christian faith and confession. In Pandora's Box Opened, however, Roy Harrisville argues that despite the evils brought upon biblical interpretation by the historical-critical method, there is still hope for it as a discipline.

Harrisville begins by describing the emergence and use of the historical-critical method. He then attends to the malaise that has come over the method, which he says still persists. Finally, Harrisville commends the historical-critical method, though shorn of its arrogance. He claims that the method and all its users comprise a "Pandora's Box" that, when opened, releases "a myriad other pains," but hope still remains.

Author: Roy A. Harrisville
ISBN-10: 0802869807
ISBN-13: 9780802869807
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2014
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.95d

Review Citation(s):
Books & Culture 01/01/2015 pg. 24