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Posted in Biblical Studies, Book Previews, Books, Hermeneutics on May 23rd, 2012
The very term “hermeneutics” is rather intimidating to many people. What does it mean? Well, sometimes its easier to understand something by witnessing it in action–in real life–than it is to grasp it as an abstract concept. Thanks to IVP Academic you can now do just that with Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views. Usually I keep [...]
Posted in Hermeneutics, Theology on Feb 15th, 2012
Heremeneutics asks a simple question: how do I properly understand? Hans George Gadamer (1900-2002), the most influential hermeneutician of the 20th century, answered the question this way: “Hermeneutics is above all a practice, the art of understanding…In it what one has to exercise most is the ear” (as quoted in Thiselton. Hermeneutics, Eerdmans: 2009). Though [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, New Testament, Old Testament, Theological interpretation, Theology on Dec 16th, 2010
Before we jump into today’s post previewing God’s Glory in Salvation Through Judgment, I would like to announce that I am currently interviewing author James Hamilton, and will be posting the interview on Christmas Eve. But until then…let’s take a brief look at his new book. Christmas is not a time that we (yes, Christians) [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Evangelicalism, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, New Testament, Old Testament, Pauline Studies on Dec 15th, 2010
In the most recent issue of Christianity Today Scot McKnight rightly points out that many Christians are having increasing difficulty reconciling Jesus and Paul. This is, of course, a major question that has been frequently discussed by NT scholars and theologians in recent years. It was even a major aspect–if not the central concern–of N.T. [...]
Posted in Ethics, Hermeneutics, Philosophy, Science, Systematic Theology, Theology on Nov 15th, 2010
If theology is to continue to have a voice in our academic and cultural dialogue, it must learn to engage and dialogue with other scientific disciplines. In the latter half of the 20th Century a number of theologians came to realize this reality, and began building bridges between disciplines such as Science, Sociology, Psychology, and [...]
Posted in Creation, Hermeneutics, Pentecostalism, Systematic Theology, Theology on Oct 8th, 2010
As part of Eerdmans Publishing Company’s fall list, they have released three books in a new series entitled “Pentecostal Manifestos“. In a two-part blog post, the Christianbook.com Academic Blog will provide a comprehensive preview to each book in the series, while also noting the significance of the Manifestos in the history of Pentecostal scholarship. Treatment [...]
Posted in Biblical Socio-Historical Studies, Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, New Testament, Pauline Studies on Aug 12th, 2010
What’s in the Word: Rethinking the Socio-Rhetorical Character of the New Testament. By Ben Witherington III. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2009. Pp. 195. Read a Sample. Christianbook.com/academic $24.99. Bryan R. Dyer, Ph.D. Candidate McMaster Divinity College Hamilton, ON. Ben Witherington has for the greater part of the last twenty years been refining and applying [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, Pauline Studies on Aug 6th, 2010
When ever one begins to deal with the problematic (at best) nature of how the New Testament uses the New Testament, one must eventually engage with Paul’s conversion. As I began to make my way through Steve Moyise’s new book Paul and Scripture, I have been repeatedly struck by the problematic circumstances that surround the [...]
Posted in Biblical Socio-Historical Studies, Biblical Studies, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, Pauline Studies, Theological interpretation on Jul 28th, 2010
Anyone who follows biblical studies closely is well aware that one, if not the fastest growing and most important fields is how the New Testament uses the Old Testament. But as with most scholarly emphasis, the non-academic Bible reader probably knows little if anything about the fascinating reality of the Bible within the Bible. Granted, [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Creation, Evangelicalism, Genesis, Hermeneutics, Interpretation/Hermeneutics/Exegesis, Old Testament, Science, Theology, Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010
Splattered across newspapers, magazines, and, of course, the blogosphere have been the stories of Bruce Waltke and Tremper Logman whose controversial remarks on the Genesis Creation narrative resulted in their resignations from RTS. For his part Waltke stated that Christians should be more open to Science, specifically evolutionary theory, while Longman stated his belief that [...]