The Scm Dictionary Of Biblical Interpretation

For the pastor or serious layperson, the realm of biblical interpretation can be a confusing maze of personalities, communities, methods, and theories. This maze can often result in obscuring the main goal of interpreting Scripture: hearing and knowing God better. The Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible is a groundbreaking reference tool that introduces readers to key names, theories, and concepts in the field of biblical interpretation. It discusses these approaches and evaluates their helpfulness in enabling Christians to hear what God is saying to the church through Scripture. The contributors come from a variety of backgrounds, and the dictionary covers a broad range of topics with both clarity and depth.

Featuring more than two hundred in-depth articles, a comprehensive resource introduces the principal players in the history of biblical interpretation and explores their historical and intellectual contexts, their primary works, their interpretive principles, and their broader historical significance.

The SCM Studyguide: Biblical Hermenuetics offers entry-level undergraduates a framework for interpreting the Bible. The book goes beyond offering guidance on how to do exegesis, and is intended as a practical tool to help readers develop good interpretative strategies for themselves. As such it features pedagogical tools such as Try-it-Out boxes to assist students to develop a tested and thought - through overall interpretative strategy of their own. This fully updated 2nd edition takes into account the changing church and world context, and the new challenges this context brings as students seek to read the Bible with attentiveness, integrity and faithfulness. Table of contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Where Do We Want to Go? 2. Past Experience and Present Expectations 3. Tools for Exegesis 4. Our Reality 5. Committed Readings 6. Enabling Dialogue with the Text 7. Our Goal: Life-Affirming Interpretations Summary of the Interpretative Process References and Further Reading Index of Biblical References Index of Names Index of Subjects

"Methods of Biblical Interpretation is a valuable reference tool for all students of biblical interpretation and a highly useful supplemental text for the seminary classroom, the graduate seminar, and upper-level undergraduate courses."--BOOK JACKET.

Compiling the results from contemporary and exciting areas of research into one single important volume, this book provides a comprehensive one-stop handbook reference of biblical interpretation. Examining a wide range of articles on many of the recognized interpreters including Augustine, Luther and Calvin, up to the modern figures of Martin Hengel and T.W. Manson, Professor Porter gathers contributors who combine the study of biblical interpretation with the examination of the theological and philosophical preconceptions that have influenced it, and survey the history of interpretation from different perspectives. With relevant bibliographies and a guide to further reading, the Dictionary will be an important reference held for many years, not only by libraries, but also by students, scholars, clergy and teachers of this subject.

A collection of scholarly articles, originally published in the Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation, about the interpretation of the individual New Testament books. Also included, as an appendix, are the articles from the Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation, about the Biblical Apocrypha and pseudepidgrapha. The articles have been lightly edited and the bibliographies updated. Each article concisely covers the history of interpretation of each New Testament book. Stands on the shoulders of previous interpreters of the Scriptures. Useful for term papers, classroom study Useful in the research and understanding of historical trends in Biblical interpretation. The articles on the Apcrypha and pseudepigraph are included in two appendices.