Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation

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Zondervan, 1996 - Bible - 688 pages

Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation seeks to identify and clarify the basic problems of interpretation that affect our reading of the Bible today. This unique volume provides a comprehensive and systematic coverage of the field of general hermeneutics. Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation examines the impact of specific academic disciplines on the interpretation of the Bible. Previously published as separate volumes, its various sections explore the interface between hermeneutics and literary criticism, linguistics, history, science, and theology. Included in Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation, each with its own separate table of contents, are: -Has the Church Misread the Bible? -- Moises Silva -Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation -- Tremper Longman III -God, Language, and Scripture -- Moises Silva -The Art of Biblical History -- V. Philips Long -Science and Hermeneutics -- Vern S. Poythress -The Study of Theology -- Richard A. Muller. These six sections cover the interface between hermeneutics and the major disciplines.

 

Contents

Abbreviations
9
Moists Silva
15
GOD LANGUAGE AND SCRIPTURE
94
Acknowledgments
96
THEORY
103
APPLICATION
140
Preface
197
THE ART OF BIBLICAL HISTORY
287
The Rise of Saul
409
SCIENCE AND HERMENEUTICS
435
Interpretive Method and Other Fields oj Research
527
The Unity of Theological Discourse
636
Index oj Biblical Passages
667
Index oj Subjects
682
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Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation
V. Philips Long,Richard A. Muller,Tremper Longman,Vern S. Poythress
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Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation
Moisés Silva
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About the author (1996)

V. Phillips Long (Ph.D., Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament, Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Moisés Silva taught biblical studies at Westmont College, Westminster Theological Seminary, and Gordon-Conwell Seminary. He is the author or coauthor of eight books and the revising editor of the Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible. Richard A. Muller (Ph.D., Duke) is professor of historical theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI. Dr. Vern Poythress (PhD, Harvard University; DTh, University of Stellenbach, 1981) is professor of New Testament interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary. In addition to numerous journal articles and essays, he is author of many books including Symphonic Theology, Understanding Dispensationalists, God-Centered Biblical Interpretation, The Returning King, and The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy.

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TitleFoundations of Contemporary Interpretation
AuthorsV. Philips Long, Richard A. Muller, Vern S. Poythress
EditorsV. Philips Long, Moisés Silva
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherZondervan, 1996
ISBN0310208289, 9780310208280
Length688 pages
  
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