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Kevin Vanhoozer on the "Thin Description" Often Given by Commentators

Andrew Compton wrote 2 days ago: I was reading the book After Pentecost: Language and Biblical Interpretation (vol. 2 of Zondervan … more »

Tags: Fundamentalism, Hermeneutics, Scripture and Hermeneutics, Vanhoozer

Gordon McConville, The Old Testament

Dr Karl Möller wrote 2 months ago: Bibliographical details: McConville, J. G. (1996). The Old Testament. Teach Yourself Books. London: … more »

Tags: Ancient Near Eastern background, Ancient Near Eastern religion, Background, canon, Canonical approach, Christian interpretation, Conquest, Exile, Exodus

Robert Strimple on Gospels Criticism1 comment

Andrew Compton wrote 2 months ago: I often find myself reflecting on the presuppositions at work in critical Biblical scholarship and … more »

Tags: Hermeneutics, criticism, Strimple, Gospels Criticism

Response to John Hobbins on NT Eschatology

oecolampadius wrote 2 months ago: “I think the first thing that must be admitted is that the various eschatological scenarios attest … more »

Tags: Theology, Kingdom of God, Biblical Theology, Interpretive Problems, New Testament Eschatology

Louis Jonker and Douglas Lawrie, Fishing for Jonah (Anew): Various Approaches to Biblical Interpretation

Dr Karl Möller wrote 2 months ago: Bibliographical details: Jonker, L., and D. Lawrie, eds. (2005). Fishing for Jonah (Anew): Various A … more »

Tags: African hermeneutics, Allegorical Interpretation, Biblical Interpretation, Canonical approach, Deconstruction, Ecological hermeneutics, feminist interpretation, Marxist Criticism, Midrash

Graeme Goldsworthy's assessment of historical criticism's presuppositions3 comments

Andrew Compton wrote 3 months ago: This morning I read a chapter in Graeme Goldsworthy’s book Gospel Centered Hermeneutics entitl … more »

Tags: Goldsworthy, Hermeneutics, Scripture

V. George Shillington, Reading the Sacred Text: An Introduction to Biblical Studies

Dr Karl Möller wrote 3 months ago: Bibliographical details: Shillington, V. G. (2002). Reading the Sacred Text: An Introduction to Bibl … more »

Tags: Bible Translation, canon, Deconstruction, feminist interpretation, Intertextuality, language, Meaning, narrative criticism, Postmodernism

John Goldingay, Models for Interpretation of Scripture

Dr Karl Möller wrote 3 months ago: Bibliographical details: Goldingay, J. (1995). Models for Interpretation of Scripture. Grand Rapids, … more »

Tags: Biblical Interpretation, Prophets/prophecy, Bible, authority of, canon, Torah, revelation, Preaching, Narrative, Story

Susan E. Gillingham, One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to Biblical Studies

Dr Karl Möller wrote 3 months ago: Bibliographical details: Gillingham, S. E. (1998). One Bible, Many Voices: Different Approaches to B … more »

Tags: Bible, canon, New Testament, Old Testament, Literary criticism, Biblical Theology, Theological interpretation, Bible Translation, Diachronic approaches

John Barton, Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study

Dr Karl Möller wrote 4 months ago: Bibliographical details: Barton, J. (1996). Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study. 2nd … more »

Tags: Biblical Interpretation, canon, Canonical approach, Form Criticism, Literary criticism, New Criticism, Old Testament, Reader-response approaches, Redaction criticism

Writing Fiction is Not Far From History Writing2 comments

oecolampadius wrote 4 months ago: I have been reading Rabbi Jesus by Bruce Chilton, and I have come to the conclusion that writing his … more »

Tags: Jesus, Interpretive Problems, New Testament Eschatology, Bruce Chilton, Rabbinic Literature, nativity

Not Open to Logical Scrutiny: The Day of the Lord According to the Encyclopedia of Judaica

oecolampadius wrote 4 months ago: The Day of the Lord became the Day of Christ, or the Second Advent in the early church. It would see … more »

Tags: Theology, Kingdom of God, Jesus, Biblical Theology, Ed Babinski, Delay of the Parousia, Second Coming, Interpretive Problems, New Testament Eschatology

a narrative to bridge the theological canyon1 comment

cobus wrote 4 months ago: I actually attended TGIF this morning, how I got out of bed I do not know, but I did it. Michael Ne … more »

Tags: Emerging Church, Religion, Theology, Evangelicalism, Hatfield Christian Church, historical critique, Liberals, narrative approach to scripture, TGIF

NT Eschatology: Delay of the Parousia6 comments

oecolampadius wrote 4 months ago:     It is well-known that there is a problem (depending on the way you look at it) in the New Tes … more »

Tags: Ed Babinski, Delay of the Parousia, Second Coming, Interpretive Problems, Atheism, New Testament Eschatology, Old Testament Eschatology, Critique

On the "Secondary Sources" page . . .

blogmeridian2 wrote 4 months ago: (which, by the way, you’ll find the link for over in the left gutter), the interested reader c … more »

Tags: Uncategorized

Ratzinger on the Relationship between the Magisterium and Exegetes

Jason Goroncy wrote 8 months ago: Just finished reading Ratzinger’s 2003 address ‘On the Relationship between the Magister … more »

Tags: Bible, Biblical criticism, Faith, Joseph Ratzinger, Science, Scripture

Nineteenth-Century Theology Group

Jason Goroncy wrote 9 months ago: Those with an interest in PT Forsyth (as all should have!) might be keen to know about The Nineteent … more »

Tags: Theology, Victorians, Theological Education

On Gospel, Historical Criticism and Faith2 comments

Jason Goroncy wrote 1 year ago: ‘It is the Gospel that must save the Church and its beliefs; it is not the Church that can eve … more »

Tags: Faith, church, Gospel

John Barton (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

Dr Karl Möller wrote 1 year ago: Bibliographical details: Barton, John (ed.) (1998). The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretati … more »

Tags: Apocalyptic, Biblical Interpretation, feminist interpretation, Gospels, Hermeneutics, Historical Books, Linguistics, Literary criticism, Non-Pauline letters


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