The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation-- A 1993 Christianity Today Critics' Choice Award winner in theology and biblical studies. -- Covers recent developments in criticism and issues relevant to hermeneutics. Here In One Comprehensive Volume Grant Osborne provides seminary students and |
Contents
Hermeneutics and Intended Meaning | 9 |
Context | 19 |
Rhetorical or Compositional Pattern | 35 |
Grammar | 41 |
Grammatical Analysis of the Text | 47 |
Exegetical Procedures | 62 |
A Methodology for Lexical Study | 89 |
19 | 90 |
Epistle | 252 |
The Form | 254 |
Authorship | 256 |
Hermeneutical Principles | 258 |
Applied Hermeneutics | 261 |
Biblical Theology | 263 |
Relationship to Other Disciplines | 264 |
Biblical Theology and Historical Theology | 265 |
22 | 96 |
27 | 103 |
Biblical Examples | 109 |
Conclusion | 117 |
Historical Cultural Backgrounds | 127 |
Economics | 130 |
Military and War | 131 |
Religious Customs | 133 |
Summary | 134 |
34 | 135 |
Intertestamental Allusions | 136 |
Rabbinic Parallels | 137 |
Hellenistic Parallels | 138 |
Summary | 139 |
Problems in the Sociological Approach | 141 |
Revisionism | 142 |
Tendency to Debunk the Systems | 143 |
Determinism | 144 |
Genre Analysis | 149 |
Narrative | 153 |
The Methodology of Narrative Criticism | 154 |
Point of View Ideology and Narrative World | 156 |
Narrative and Story Time | 157 |
Plot | 158 |
Characterization | 159 |
Setting | 160 |
35 | 161 |
The Implied Reader | 162 |
Conclusion | 163 |
The Weaknesses of Narrative Criticism | 164 |
Setting Aside the Author | 165 |
The Imposition of Modern Literary Categories upon Ancient Genres | 166 |
Poetry | 174 |
Types of Poetry | 181 |
41 | 183 |
Hermeneutical Principles | 187 |
44 | 190 |
The Forms of Wisdom Literature | 195 |
47 | 197 |
The History of Wisdom Teaching | 201 |
49 | 210 |
The Nature of the Prophetic Message | 211 |
53 | 217 |
Apocalyptic | 221 |
The Interpretation of Symbols | 227 |
Parable | 235 |
Hermeneutical Principles | 245 |
Biblical Theology and Systematic Theology | 266 |
Biblical Theology and Homiletical Theology | 269 |
Specific Problem Areas | 270 |
Tradition History | 271 |
The Analogia Fidei and Progressive Revelation | 273 |
Authority | 274 |
History and Theology | 275 |
Language Text and Meaning | 276 |
Old Testament and New Testament | 277 |
The Synthetic Method | 278 |
The History of Religions Method | 279 |
The Christological Method | 280 |
The Confessional Method | 281 |
The Problem of a Unifying Center | 282 |
Conclusion | 284 |
Systematic Theology | 286 |
The Components of Theological Construction | 287 |
Tradition | 290 |
Community | 293 |
Experience | 294 |
Philosophy | 296 |
Issues in Theological Construction | 298 |
InspirationRevelation | 299 |
Theological Models | 303 |
Tentativeness and Authority of Theological Assertions | 307 |
Theology as Contextualization | 309 |
Hermeneutical Principles | 314 |
Current Issues | 321 |
Hermeneutical Model | 328 |
Conclusion | 336 |
From Text to Sermon | 343 |
Conclusion | 353 |
Excursus on Style | 361 |
62 | 363 |
The Problem of the Reader and the Text | 367 |
Mediating Positions | 386 |
Summary | 395 |
64 | 399 |
The Sociology of Knowledge Paradigm Structure and Intentionality | 401 |
Propositional Truth and the Logic of Narrativity | 408 |
Notes | 416 |
65 | 422 |
Bibliography | 436 |
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