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The act of Bible reading : a multidisciplinary approach to biblical interpretation / Gordon D. Fee...[and others] ; edited by Elmer Dyck. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)1996.Description: 182 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830816231
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS476
  • BS476.D994.A286 1996
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Contents:
Eugene Peterson -- History as context for interpretation Gordon D. Fee -- Canon as context for interpretation Elmer Dyck -- Theology and Bible reading J.I. Packer -- The sociology of knowledge and the art of suspicion (a sociological interpretation of interpretation) / Craig M. Gay -- Hermeneutics and the postmodern reaction against "truth" / Loren Wilkinson -- Toward a biblical spirituality James M. Houston.
Subject: Many approaches for interpreting the Bible have been put forth in recent years. All have their strengths - and their weaknesses. Various members of the Regent College faculty join forces here to articulate a multidisciplinary approach that will enrich our reading of the Bible. Following an introductory caveat lector from Eugene Peterson, Gordon Fee and Elmer Dyck discuss history and canon, respectively, as contexts for interpretation, highlighting the importance of historical-grammatical interpretation within a canonical setting for understanding biblical texts. J. I. Packer explores the importance of theology, both as it informs and as it safeguards Bible reading. Craig M. Gay proffers key insights from sociology, especially the sociology of knowledge, as it cautions us to ask not only what the text says, but who says it says that and why should we believe what they are telling us it says. Facing the challenges of modern secular hermeneutics from Heidegger and Nietzsche to Derrida and Foucault, Loren Wilkinson counters the postmodern reaction against truth. James Houston closes out the discussion, emphasizing that the aim of Bible reading must be godliness and not mere scholarship.
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Foreword : Caveat lector Eugene Peterson -- History as context for interpretation Gordon D. Fee -- Canon as context for interpretation Elmer Dyck -- Theology and Bible reading J.I. Packer -- The sociology of knowledge and the art of suspicion (a sociological interpretation of interpretation) / Craig M. Gay -- Hermeneutics and the postmodern reaction against "truth" / Loren Wilkinson -- Toward a biblical spirituality James M. Houston.

Many approaches for interpreting the Bible have been put forth in recent years. All have their strengths - and their weaknesses. Various members of the Regent College faculty join forces here to articulate a multidisciplinary approach that will enrich our reading of the Bible. Following an introductory caveat lector from Eugene Peterson, Gordon Fee and Elmer Dyck discuss history and canon, respectively, as contexts for interpretation, highlighting the importance of historical-grammatical interpretation within a canonical setting for understanding biblical texts. J. I. Packer explores the importance of theology, both as it informs and as it safeguards Bible reading. Craig M. Gay proffers key insights from sociology, especially the sociology of knowledge, as it cautions us to ask not only what the text says, but who says it says that and why should we believe what they are telling us it says. Facing the challenges of modern secular hermeneutics from Heidegger and Nietzsche to Derrida and Foucault, Loren Wilkinson counters the postmodern reaction against truth. James Houston closes out the discussion, emphasizing that the aim of Bible reading must be godliness and not mere scholarship.

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