Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
Holy Spirit's Interpretation of the New Testament
A Course in Understanding and Acceptance
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2008
A metaphysical interpretation of the New Testament, which teaches oneness as the only truth, and surrender (or letting go) as the practice that leads to spiritual enlightenment. NTI stresses the importance of willingness, acceptance, gratitude, mind-watching and trust on the path of enlightenment while...
by Musa Dube
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Noting that the ways of interpreting the Bible now practiced in the West are patriarchal and oppressive of those in other parts of the world, Dube offers an alternative interpretation that attends to and respects needs of women in the two-thirds world. In a provocative and insightful reading of the...
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE TRUTH
Walk in His Truth Because He Is the God of Our salvation, [Updated and Expanded]
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Historical criticism, also known as the historical-critical method or higher criticism, is a branch of literary criticism that investigates the origins of ancient text in order to determine authorship, date of writing and historical accuracy of the Bible, in the light of archaeology and history....
HOW TO INTERPRET THE BIBLE
An Introduction to Hermeneutics
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2016
Anybody who wants to study the Bible, either at a personal level or a more scholarly level needs to understand that there are certain principles that guide and govern the process. The technical word used to refer to the principles of biblical interpretation is hermeneutics , which is of...
The Character of Christian Scripture (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
The Significance of a Two-Testament Bible
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The early church received the Scriptures of Israel as Christian Scriptures and did not change them. The older testament was received as a witness to God, and when a newer testament emerged, the older was not dismissed, harmonized, or edited. Rather, the church moved forward with a two-testament witness.
Christopher...
Biblical Authority after Babel
Retrieving the Solas in the Spirit of Mere Protestant Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
How the Five Solas Can Renew Biblical Interpretation
In recent years, notable scholars have argued that the Protestant Reformation unleashed interpretive anarchy on the church. Is it time to consider the Reformation to be a 500-year experiment gone wrong?
World-renowned evangelical theologian...
Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters
A Historical and Biographical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The history of women interpreters of the Bible is a neglected area of study. Marion Taylor presents a one-volume reference tool that introduces readers to a wide array of women interpreters of the Bible from the entire history of Christianity. Her research has implications for understanding biblical...
The Letter and Spirit of Biblical Interpretation
From the Early Church to Modern Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
For the better part of fifteen centuries, Christians read Scripture on two complementary levels, the literal and the spiritual. In the modern period, the spiritual sense gradually became marginalized in favor of the literal sense. The Bible came to be read and interpreted like any other book. This...
The Use and Abuse of the Bible
A Brief History of Biblical Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Written in an engaging and entertaining manner, this new book from leading Catholic biblical scholar Henry Wansbrough charts the use and abuse of scripture throughout the ages. It ranges from the evangelists' engagement with the Hebrew Scriptures to the use of the Bible in present day politics - perhaps...
Seeing the Word (Studies in Theological Interpretation)
Refocusing New Testament Study
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
At a time of deep disagreements about the nature and purpose of academic biblical studies, Markus Bockmuehl advocates the recovery of a plural but common conversation on the subject of what the New Testament is about.
Seeing the Word begins with an assessment of current New Testament studies,...
The Vine and the Son of Man
Eschatological Interpretation of Psalm 80 in Early Judaism
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, scholars have traced out the rich and complex traditions of biblical interpretation in Second Temple Judaism. Little attention has been given to date to Psalm 80, however. Andrew Streett demonstrates that the Psalm, which combines the story of Israel as...
Bridges in New Testament Interpretation
Interdisciplinary Advances
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
The field of New Testament studies often appears splintered into widely different specializations and narrowly defined research projects. Nevertheless, some of the most important insights have come about when curious men and women have defied disciplinary boundaries and drawn on other fields of knowledge...
Inspiration
Towards a Christian Interpretation of Biblical Inspiration
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Inspiration: Towards a Christian Interpretation of Biblical Inspiration anchors its study of inspiration firmly in the Scriptures and examines the inspired nature of the Bible and its inspiring impact. Gerald O'Collins begins by examining classical view of inspiration expounded by Karl Barth and Raymond...
Scripture and Its Interpretation
A Global, Ecumenical Introduction to the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Top-notch biblical scholars from around the world and from various Christian traditions offer a fulsome yet readable introduction to the Bible and its interpretation. The book concisely introduces the Old and New Testaments and related topics and examines a wide variety of historical and contemporary...