Reading the word of God in the presence of God : a handbook for biblical interpretation / Vern S. Poythress.
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TextPublication details: Wheaton, Illinois : Crossway, c2016.Description: 463 p.: ill.; 23 cmISBN: - 9781433543241
- REF BS 476 .P69 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
pt.1. Introductory principles for interpretation
Foundations for interpretation
Principles for interpreting the Bible
Complementary starting points for interpretation
pt. 2 Simple steps in interpretation
Three simple steps in interpretation
The three steps as perspectives
Correlation: Comparing passages
pt. 3 Issues with time
Transmission
Original contexts
Original communication
pt. 4 Issues with authorship
Dual authorship
Difficulties with authorship
pt. 5 Issues with language
Basic linguistic structures
Understanding linguistic subsystems
Units in contrast, variation, and distribution
Meaning
Figurative language
Words and concepts
Discourse
Genre
Using commentaries
pt. 6 Redemptive-historial interpretation
The history of redemption
Christocentric interpretation
Typology
Additional stages reflecting on typology
Varieties of analogies
Varieties of types
Antitypes
Themes
pt. 5 Assessment7
Hermeneutics outline in detail
Alternate paths of interpretation
The fulfillment approach
Boundaries for interpretation
pt. 8 Examples
Proverbs 10:1
Psalm 4:8
Amos 1:3
Conclusion
Appendices
Redeeming how we interpret
Secular views of meaning
Interpreting human texts
Redeemed analogues to critical methods
Philosophical hermeneutics
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