Description

This course is designed to help students to interpret and apply the Biblical text in a responsible and informed manner. This will be achieved through an understanding of methods, skills, research tools, important concepts, and values necessary for interpretation and application. A brief survey of biblical interpretation and the presuppositions behind different forms of biblical interpretation will also be considered. The acquisition of good interpretive skills will be enhanced through both individually written and in-class group assignments.

Textbook(s) and readings

Presupposed

If not read already, to be read before classes begin.

Fee, Gordon D., and Douglas Stuart. How to Read to Bible for All Its Worth, 4th ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.

Required (all levels)

Carson, D. A. Exegetical Fallacies, 2d ed. Grand Rapids : Baker, 1996.

Goldsworthy, Graeme. Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture : The Application of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching. Grand Rapids : Eerdmans, 2000.

Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg, and Robert L. Hubbard, Jr. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, 3rd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017. There is a paperback edition, less expensive. This is our main textbook for the class.

Highly Recommended

Carson, D. A., ed. The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016. Especially chaps. 11 to 24 (pp. 321—792)

Carson, D. A., and John D. Woodbrige, eds. Scripture and Truth. Grand Rapids : Baker, 1992. ISBN 978-0-8010-2570-9 (formerly published by Zondervan)

Carson, D. A., and John D. Woodbrige, eds. Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1986. Reprint Wipf & Stock, 2005. ISBN 978-1597-52118-5

Köstenberger, Andreas J., and Richard D. Patterson. Invitation to Biblical Interpretation : Exploring the Hermeneutical Triad of History, Literature, and Theology. Grand Rapids : Kregel, 2011. Silva, Moisés. Has the Church Misread the Bible ? The History of Interpretation in the Light of Current Issues. This book is part one of Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation : Six Volumes in One. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996. I recommend you buy the six volumes in one edition. ISBN 0-310-20828-9