The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical InterpretationChristianity Today Critics' Choice Award In this newly revised and expanded edition, 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. Well-established as the standard evangelical work in the field since its first publication in 1991, The Hermeneutical Spiral has been updated to meet 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. A 1993 Christianity Today Critics' Choice Award winner in theology and biblical studies. |
Contents
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Ambiguity and double meaning | 107 |
Syntax | 113 |
Wisdom | 242 |
Characteristics of Wisdom | 243 |
Dependence on God | 244 |
Indirect authority | 245 |
Creation theology | 246 |
The Forms of Wisdom Literature | 247 |
The riddle | 248 |
The allegory | 249 |
Figures centering on association or relation | 129 |
Excursus on the Inclusive Language Debate | 153 |
Historical and Cultural Backgrounds | 171 |
GENRE ANALYSIS | 181 |
Narrative | 200 |
Setting aside the author | 214 |
The imposition of modern literary categories on ancient genres | 215 |
Ignoring the understanding of the early church | 216 |
Stylistic analysis | 217 |
Redactional analysis | 218 |
Exegetical analysis | 219 |
Contextualization | 220 |
Poetry | 222 |
The Form of Hebrew Poetry | 224 |
Parallelism | 225 |
Poetic language and imagery | 230 |
Types of Poetry | 231 |
Love songs | 232 |
Hymns or praise songs | 233 |
Thanksgiving hymns | 234 |
Wisdom and didactic psalms | 235 |
Poetry in the New Testament | 236 |
Theology in the Psalms | 237 |
Hermeneutical Principles | 238 |
The History of Wisdom Teaching | 254 |
Apocalyptic | 275 |
Parable | 291 |
Epistle | 312 |
The Old Testament in the New Testament | 323 |
Tendencies in the Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament | 333 |
Conclusion | 343 |
Relationship to Other Disciplines | 350 |
Specific Problem Areas | 357 |
Systematic Theology | 374 |
Contextualization | 410 |
The Sermon | 434 |
Principles for Determining Application | 441 |
The Issues | 465 |
Toward a Solution | 500 |
Notes | 522 |
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Bibliography | 548 |
162 | 554 |
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Author Index | 607 |
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The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical ... Grant R. Osborne Limited preview - 2010 |
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The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical ... Grant R. Osborne No preview available - 2006 |