Outline: Moving quickly from principle to practice, Vern Poythress helps us rethink how we interpret the Bible by showing us the implications of entering into God's presence as we study. This handbook outlines distinct steps for practicing faithful biblical interpretation by focusing on our fellowship with the God who speaks to us through his Word.
Outline: In this accessible textbook, Henry Virkler and Karelynne Ayayo combine hermeneutical theory with practical steps for exegesis. The authors outline a five-step hermeneutical procedure that includes: (1) historical-cultural and contextual analysis, (2) lexical-syntactial analysis, (3) theological analysis, (4) genre identification and analysis, and (5) application. The key distinctive of…
Outline: A distinguished group of scholars here introduces and illustrates the array of strategies and methods used in New Testament study today. Standard approaches - text criticism, historical methods, etc. - appear side by side with newer approaches - narrative criticism, Latino-Latina hermeneutics, theological interpretation of the New Testament, and more. First published in 1995, Hearing t…
Outline: Buku ini memberikan panduan dalam langkah-langkah penafsiran Alkitab yang ketat dan bertanggung jawab secara kontekstual, historis, dan gramatikal untuk melakukan eksegesis dan melihat bagaimana kebenaran tersebut teraplikasi dengan tepat dalam konteks saat ini, serta mencegah pemaksaan atau penyimpangan makna atau masuknya pandangan penafsir ke dalam teks Alkitab. Buku ini juga disert…
Outline: Against the prevailing models for understanding the Apostle Paul's interpretation and use of Scripture, the author proposes a fresh approach toward developing a Pauline hermeneutic. He combines historical criticism with an intertextual strategy that takes seriously the work of the early church Fathers, and in so doing fills a void in current scholarship. The author applies his method…
Outline: Distinguished Old Testament theologian John Goldingay is often asked about the interpretation of the Bible, the way we are to understand the stories in the Bible, the relationship between the Old Testament and the New, and so on. In this volume he explores twenty-three questions related to biblical interpretation, articulating creative, provocative explanations for today's church. Th…
Outline: In recent decades biblical hermeneutics has been an ever-expanding field of thought and research, with new viewpoints unfolding and debated. This views selected for this volume cohere with a broad center of orthodox interpretation of Scripture.
But while they share a common ground and a collection of common tools, their distinctive emphases are at points profound. In this book pro…
Outline: Accessibly surveying the approaches to hermeneutics from the patristic period to the present day, the author's book provides and introduction to the philosophical issues underlying the development of hermeneutics as well as a theoritical basis for understanding hermeneutics in different faith traditions. Questions for reflection and discussion are included.
Outline: The authors identify the opportunities available to exegete for making Pauline/Paulinist theology intelligible as a coherent understanding of the Christian faith. In doing so, they offer constructive ways for determining the meaning of Paul's letters in the first century, in order to move toward their meaning for today. Comparing representative passages from the letters traditionally…
Overview: This comprehensive, controversial book is for everyone who wants to understand and apply the Bible -- and the New Testament in particular -- in a responsible, well-informed, and God-glorifying way. The author is an able guide, walking readers through a carefully field-tested twelve-stage interpretive process that pastors, scholars, teachers, and laypeople can use with benefit.
- Move…
Outline: This book is for everyone who wants to learn how to observe carefully, understand accurately, evaluate fairly, feel appropriately, act rightly, and express faithfully God's revealed Word, especially as embodied in the Old Testament.
- Follow an extensively field-tested twelve-step process to deepen understanding and shape theology (biblical, systematic, and practical).
- Engage with…
Outline: This updated edition of the author's highly successful book includes a new chapter on exegesis of the original biblical texts. Illustrated with numerous examples, this chapter makes the book even more valuable as a guide to exegesis and an aid to sermon preparation. This revised edition also includes an up-to-date bibliography, an analytical table of contents, and indexes of scriptual …
Outline: The author provides a Christian understanding of the science of biblical hermeneutics; the inspiration and authority of Scripture, the role of the canon, the historical nature of Scripture, current discussion of revelation and criticism, etc. Citing the importance of the subject the author says, "Against longstanding and still virulent tendencies of modernity we must speak confidently …
"This concise guide by a leading New Testament scholar helps readers understand how to better study the multitude of Old Testament references in the New Testament. G.K. Beale, coeditor of the bestselling Commentary on the New Testament use of the Old Testament, focuses on the 'how to' of interpreting the New Testament use of the Old Testament, providing students and pastors with many of the ins…