Product Description

This unique single-volume edition explores current issues in the interpretation of the Bible from the perspective of specific academic disciplines.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #718434 in Books
• Published on: 1996-09-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 690 pages

From the Author
V. Philips Long (Ph.D., Cambridge) is associate professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. Vern S. Poythress (Ph.D., Harvard; D.Th., University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) is professor of New Testament interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. Richard A. Muller (Ph.D., Duke) is professor of historical theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan

From the Back Cover
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.

About the Author
V. Phillips Long (Ph.D., Cambridge) is at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.;Tremper Longman III (Ph.D., Yale University) is the Robert H. Gundry professor of Biblical Studies and the chair of the Religious Studies department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA. He is author of many articles and books including An Introduction to the Old Testament (with Raymond Dillard), How to Read the Psalms, Old Testament Commentary Survey, Literary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation, and God is a Warrior (with Daniel Reid). He is the Old Testament editor for the revised Expositor's Bible Commentary and has written a number of commentaries including Daniel in the NIV Application Commentary series (Zondervan) and Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Eerdmans). Tremper and his wife Alice reside in Santa Barbara, CA and have three grown sons.;Richard A. Muller (Ph.D., Duke) is professor of historical theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, MI.;Vern S. Poythress (Ph.D., Harvard; D.Th., University of Stellenbosch, South Africa) is professor of New Testament interpretation at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.

Customer Reviews

A good book.(I read part 1 ,5 and 6)
This book includes 6 (small) books: 1) Has the church misread the Bible? 2) Literary Approach to Biblical Interpretation 3) God, Language, and Scripture 4) the Art of Biblical History 5) Science and Hermeneutics 6) The study of theology.

Each size is around 80 - 130 pages. They don't have to be read in this order, so people can choose the topics they like. I read some of part 1, 5, and 6.

I am a conservative evangelic christian. I think I am very serious about the Christian Theology and the like. When I read the first part, I found Dr. Silva asks very good questions and presents the important issues in the interpretations. These issues definitely affect our understanding of the Bible. Some issues are philosophy, linguistics, history and theology... If Bible is the ultimate authority of the christian religion, then we should treat these issues seriously because the meaning in the text closely connects with our presupposition.

Part 5 is really interesting. The author uses Romans 7 as an example to illustrate how our "model" will effect our interpretation. He keeps going on searching the anology of model in science and the model in Biblical interpretation. The writing is very clear.

Part 6 is also very good. Dr. Muller discusses the necessity of the theology. He thinks the theology is not only for the people in the ivory tower but also for believer's daily life. He gives many examples in Old/New Testament Theology, Doctrinal Theology. These examples show that how we can share the Gospel in a stimulating way, as it should be in the first century, base on these study of theology.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to share the God's word with people. Very helpful.

Quick Review
An intermediate level discussion of the impact that several fields (linguistics, literary studies, science, and theology) have had upon contemporary hermeneutics.