Listening to Scripture: An Introduction to Interpreting the Bible

by Craig G. Bartholomew

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2023

Overview

Looking for a guide to interpreting the Bible that is accessible, up-to-date, and theologically grounded? A renowned Old Testament scholar and coauthor of the bestselling The Drama of Scripture introduces us to reading the Bible with an ear toward hearing God’s address. “When we read the Bible, we need, as it were to take off our shoes because we are on holy ground,” says Craig Bartholomew. “We take up the Bible to read it, only to find that through it God speaks to us. This is the awesome potential of Bible reading and interpretation.”

Bartholomew begins with a theological orientation, including topics such as the relationship between prayer, analysis, and reading Scripture; the Bible as the true story of the whole world; and reading the text using literary, historical, and other methods. He then explores the history of interpretation before discussing how we receive the Bible liturgically, ethically, and missionally. Throughout the book, exercises in lectio divina invite readers to engage both the head and the heart as they learn to interpret the Bible.

Key Features

• Examines the relationship between prayer, analysis, and reading Scripture
• Discusses how we receive the Bible liturgically, ethically, and missionally
• Explores the history of interpretation

Contents

• Preface
• 1. Running the Way of God’s Instruction
• 2. The Bible as a Whole
• 3. How We Got the Bible
• 4. A Triadic Approach
• 5. Literature and Genre
• 6. Narrative and History
• 7. Kerygma
• 8. Listening to and Preaching the Bible Today
• 9. A Liturgical Hermeneutic
• 10. An Ethical Hermeneutic
• 11. A Missional Hermeneutic

Product Details

• Title: Listening to Scripture: An Introduction to Interpreting the Bible
• Author: Craig G. Bartholomew
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 208
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Bible › Hermeneutics--Textbooks
• ISBNs: 9780801099038, 9781540966421, 9781493437856, 9781493437863, 080109903X, 1540966429, 1493437852, 1493437860
• Resource ID: LLS:LSTNNGSCRPTRBBL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-09-26T18:03:27Z

About Craig G. Bartholomew

Craig G. Bartholomew is the Director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, Cambridge. He is the author of numerous influential books on the Old Testament and hermeneutics, including Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics, Old Testament Wisdom Literature and the volume on Ecclesiastes in the Baker Commentary series on the Old Testament Wisdom and Psalms.