Interpreting the Bible & the Constitution

by Jaroslav Pelikan

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300102674
• ISBN13: 9780300102673
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"