A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Recent decades have witnessed a renaissance of theological interpretation. Craig Bartholomew and Heath Thomas bring together a team of specialists to articulate a multifaceted vision for returning rigorous biblical interpretation to the context of the church.
Developed by the internationally recognized Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar, this book is designed to bring clarity and unity to the enterprise of theological interpretation. It positively integrates multiple approaches to interpreting the Bible, combining academic rigor with pastoral sensitivity for professors, students, and church leaders.
- Provides clarity and unity to the enterprise of theological interpretation
- Integrates multiple approaches to interpreting the Bible
- Combines academic rigor with pastoral sensitivity for professors, students, and church leaders
- Preface - Craig G. Bartholomew and Heath A. Thomas
- A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation
- The History and Reemergence of Theological Interpretation - Angus Paddison
- Doctrine of Scripture and Theological Interpretation - Michael W. Goheen and Michael D. Williams
- The Ecclesia as Primary Context for the Reception of the Bible - Robby Holt and Aubrey Spears
- Theological Interpretation and Historical Criticism - Murray Rae
- The Role of Hermeneutics and Philosophy in Theological Interpretation - William P. Olhausen
- The Canon and Theological Interpretation - Stephen G. Dempster
- Biblical Theology and Theological Interpretation - David J. H. Beldman and Jonathan Swales
- Mission and Theological Interpretation - Michael W. Goheen and Christopher J. H. Wright
- The Telos (Goal) of Theological Interpretation - Heath A. Thomas
- A Framework for Theological Interpretation - Denis Farkasfalvy
- Theological Commentary - Mark Gignilliat and Jonathan T. Pennington
- Theological Interpretation for All of Life - Craig G. Bartholomew and Matthew Y. Emerson
Interest in theological interpretation of Scripture has occasioned several explanatory introductions, commentaries on both Testaments, a dictionary, a journal, and now a manifesto. Accompanying the twelve-point manifesto are an equal number of essays that exposit and further explore each article. This multiauthor work may now be the best starting place from which to understand the rise, nature, methods, and aims of this ancient-future proposal for reading the Bible in and for the church in order to hear God’s address to his people.
—Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Research Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
This book marks an unexpected development—a significant advance—in the theological interpretation of Scripture. Here we find a wide range of scholars, from across the ecumenical spectrum, each demonstrating how Scripture can and should be read and understood in the context of the church, the canon, and the great tradition. Such a canonical and ecclesial approach exhibits considerable explanatory power. The authors present the book as a manifesto. May it soon become a movement.
—Scott Hahn, William and Lois McEssy Distinguished Professor of Biblical Theology and the New Evangelization, Mundelein Seminary; founder and president, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
- Title: A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation
- Authors: Craig G. Bartholomew, Heath A. Thomas
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 292
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9781493403431, 9780801030871, 1493403435, 0801030870
- Resource ID: LLS:MNFSTTHEOINTERP
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:33:28Z
Craig G. Bartholomew (PhD, University of Bristol) is director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics in Cambridge, England. He founded the internationally recognized Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar and is the author of several books, including Ecclesiastes in the Baker Commentary on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms series. Bartholomew is also an associate editor of the Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible and the coauthor, with Michael W. Goheen, of The Drama of Scripture, Living at the Crossroads, and Christian Philosophy.
Heath A. Thomas (PhD, University of Gloucestershire) is dean of the Herschel H. Hobbs College of Theology and Ministry, associate vice president for church relations, and professor of Old Testament at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He has served on staff at churches in Oklahoma, Texas, North Carolina, and the United Kingdom and is the author or editor of several books, including A Manifesto for Theological Interpretation and a commentary on Habakkuk.