Contents: 1. The Christocentric focus of all Holy Scripture -- The need for the Christocentric focus in prophetic interpretations -- 2. The key to the Old Testament: Literalism or the New Testament? -- The key to the Old Testament: the New Testament -- Literalism in late Judaism -- The key to the Old Testament: Christ in the New Testament -- 3. The literal and allegorical interpretations -- Th…
"Exegesis aids and resources": pages 88-136. Includes indexes.
Segovia, Fernando F.
PART I. History : 1. The Past Imperfectly -- 2. Revelation, Replogle, and Rand McNally -- PART 2. Language : 3. To Be or Not to Be, That Is the Gzornenplatt -- 4. "The Elephant's Child" and Other Scientific Fables -- 5. Enter Canaanites, Stage Left -- PART 3. Culture : 6. To Skin a Cat -- 7. Free People, Sovereign God -- 8. Hurting People, Loving God -- 9. How Should We Live, Then? -- PART 4. A…
Presuppositions of biblical interpretation -- Naturalistic approaches -- Supernaturalistic approaches -- Existential approaches -- Dogmatic approaches -- Basic principles for understanding the Bible -- Understanding human language -- Historical, physical, and cultural setting -- A method for word study -- Analyzing thought structure -- Examining the context -- Figurative language -- Parables --…
Introduction: God's Word and human understanding: What is the problem? -- Part One: The foundation of understanding: Presuppositions -- 1. Truth, language, and sin -- The pillar of understanding: Truth -- The vehicle of understanding: Language -- The spoiler of understanding: Sin -- Summary -- 2. Knowing God: Presuppositions about the Bible and creation -- Is the Bible the Word of God? -- Is th…
History and the genre(s) of the Bible: is the Bible a history book? -- History and fiction: what is history? -- History and truth: is historicity important? -- History and modern scholarship: why do scholars disagree? -- History and hermeneutics: how then should we read the Bible "historically"? -- An extended example: the rise of Saul.
Other Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A Crossroad book."