Hermeneutics and Interpretation Bundle (3 vols.)
by Bruce Corley, Steve Lemke, Grant Lovejoy, Grant R. Osborne, Craig A. Evans, Stanley E. Porter
B&H, IVP, Sheffield Academic Press | 1997–2006
Overview
The Logos Bible Software edition of the Hermeneutics and Interpretation Bundle gives you tools which assist in planning and organizing sound, biblical sermons. Another benefit of the Hermeneutics and Interpretation Bundle is that it is intended for students, ministers and pastors who want to increase their ability in the areas of preaching, teaching and interpreting God’s Word.
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In this newly revised and expanded edition of the 1993 Christianity Today Critics' Choice Award winner in theology and biblical studies, Grant Osborne provides seminary students and working pastors with the full set of tools they need to move from sound exegesis to the development of biblical and systematic theologies and to the preparation of sound, biblical sermons. Osborne contends that hermeneutics is a spiral from text to context--a movement between the horizon of the text and the horizon of the reader that spirals nearer and nearer toward the intended meaning of the text and its significance for today. He develops his thesis in each of three sections: the first covering general hermeneutics (grammar, semantics, syntax, backgrounds), the second covering hermeneutics and genre, and the third covering applied hermeneutics. Along the way, he offers assessments of recent developments from redaction criticism to reader response criticism. In two appendixes he also addresses the contemporary philosophical challenges to fixed meanings in texts and discusses the implications of this debate for biblical authority.
Well-established as the standard evangelical work in the field since its first publication in 1991, this updated edition of The Hermeneutical Spiral meets the needs of a new generation of students and pastors. General revisions have been made throughout, new chapters have been added on Old Testament law and the use of the Old Testament in the New, and the bibliography has been thoroughly updated.
About Grant R. Osborne
Grant R. Osborne (Ph. D., University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and series editor for the IVP New Testament Commentary Series. He has written The Resurrection Narratives and Three Crucial Questions about the Bible. He has also authored commentaries on Revelation, Romans, and John. He coauthored Handbook for Bible Study and The Bible in the Churches. Osborne is editor of the IVP New Testament Commentary series and the Life Application Bible Commentary. Dr. Osborne was also one of six editors in charge of the New Living Bible.
Biblical Hermeneutics is designed for students and ministers who want to grow in their ability to interpret, teach, and preach God’s Word. It requires no understanding of biblical languages or of the technical details of hermeneutics, but it does provide the reader with a working knowledge of the multi-faceted nature of biblical interpretation and with support for the practice of exegesis. The book is divided into five sections and among the important subjects are: the history of biblical interpretation, philosophical presuppositions, biblical genre, the uniqueness of Scripture, the practice of exegesis, and the use of exegetical insights in preaching and teaching. This revised edition contains seven new chapters that deal with interpreting the major literary genre of Scripture: law, narrative, poetry, wisdom, prophecy, the Gospels and Acts, the epistles, and apocalyptic literature. It also includes two extensive appendices: a glossary for biblical studies, and an updated and expanded guide to reference books and Biblical commentaries.
You will Learn
- A step-by-step approach to interpreting a passage
- hermeneutical principles that apply to both Testaments
- how the history of interpretation and recent developments in the philosophy of language contribute to being able to interpret the biblical text today
- how to move from theoretical understanding to practical application of theory
- how to contextualize biblical teaching in a variety of cultural contexts
- how to prepare a sermon that draws on a whole range of interpretive tools and is sensitive to biblical genre
About the Editors
Bruce Corley is president of B.H. Carroll Theological Institute where he is a professor of New Testament and Greek. His professional experience includes memberships in the Society of Biblical Literature, the Institute for Biblical Research, and the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion where he has held elected offices and worked on the editorial boards of two journals. He received an M.Div. and Th.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Steve W. Lemke is provost and professor of Philosophy and Ethics at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He earned an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Grant I. Lovejoy is professor of Preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Collecting select articles from the Journal for the Study of the New Testament, this volume examines New Testament interpretation and methods from a variety of viewpoints. In two sections, “Principles” and “Practice”, distinguished scholars contribute essays on a number of important topics. Contributors include Christopher M. Tuckett (“The Griesbach Hypothesis in the Nineteenth Century”), F. Gerald Downing (“Redaction Criticism: Josephus’s Antiquities and the Synoptic Gospels”) Frances M. Young (“The Pastoral Epistles and the Ethics of Reading”), and many others.
About the Authors
Craig A. Evans received his Ph. D. from Claremont. He is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Acadia Divinity College Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Stanley E. Porter is Principal, Dean and Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Canada.
Product Details
- Title: Hermeneutics and Interpretation Bundle
- Volumes: 3
- Pages: 1,487
