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Tables of Contents for Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation
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HAS THE CHURCH MISREAD THE BIBLE?
Moisés Silva
Preface
1. Today’s Hermeneutical Challenge
2. Obstacles in the Study of the History of Interpretation
3. Literal or Figurative?
4. Clear or Obscure?
5. Relative or Absolute?
Epilogue
For Further Reading
LITERARY APPROACHES TO BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
Tremper Longman III
Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
SECTION ONE: THEORY
1. A Historical Survey
2. An Appraisal of the Literary Approach
3. Basic Principles
SECTION TWO: APPLICATION
4. The Analysis of Prose Passages
5. Examples of Prose Analysis
6. The Analysis of Poetic Passages
7. Examples of Poetic Analysis
Epilogue
For Further Reading
GOD, LANGUAGE AND SCRIPTURE
Moisés Silva
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Biblical Perspectives on Language
3. The Scientific Study of Language
4. The Historical Dimension
5. Describing the Biblical Languages (I)
6. Describing the Biblical Languages (II)
7. Epilogue—Passing It On
Appendix: The Biblical Languages in Theological Education
For Further Reading
THE ART OF BIBLICAL HISTORY
V. Philips Long
Editor’s Preface
Author’s Preface
Introduction
1. History and the Genre(s) of the Bible: Is the Bible a History Book?
2. History and Fiction: What Is History?
3. History and Truth: Is Historicity Important?
4. History and Modern Scholarship: Why Do Scholars Disagree?
5. History and Hermeneutics: How Then Should We Read the Bible “Historically”?
6. An Extended Example: The Rise of Saul
Epilogue
For Further Reading
SCIENCE AND HERMENEUTICS
Vern S. Poythress
Editor’s Preface
1. How Should We Interpret the Bible?
2. The Influence of Natural Science on Biblical Interpretation
3. Thomas Kuhn and Contemporary Discussions of Scientific Discovery
4. Implications of Kuhn’s Theory for Biblical Interpretation
5. Differences Between Biblical Interpretation and Science
6. Disciplinary Matrices in Biblical Interpretation
7. Models in Science and in Biblical Interpretation
8. Analogies as Perspectives
9. Lessons to Be Learned from the Contextual Character of Knowledge
10. Using Perspectives
11. Biblical Interpretation Reorganized Using Different Perspectives
12. Prospects for Deepening Our Understanding of the Bible
Appendix: Interpretive Method and Other Fields of Research
THE STUDY OF THEOLOGY
Richard A. Muller
Editor’s Preface
Introduction
1. The Study of Theology: Issues and Problems
2. The Theological Disciplines: Biblical and Historical Foundations
3. The Theological Disciplines: Contemporary Statement and Practice
4. The Unity of Theological Discourse
Epilogue: The Study of Theology as an Exercise in Christian Culture
For Further Reading
Index of Biblical Passages
Index of Modern Authors and Titles