Hermeneutics of Christian Scripture
A full Greystone course module in two sections. The first section of the course will reflect on the character of the Bible’s unity in the context of the twofold canon. Is this character of this unity primarily historical, literary, conceptual, or theological in character? What difference, if any, does our answer to this question make for our understanding of the Old Testament’s witness to Christ? We will then turn to a discussion of the history of biblical interpretation, with special emphasis on the understanding of authorial intention, historical context, and Scripture’s theological sense at work in these approaches. The final section will be devoted to exegetical case studies of biblical texts drawn from the Old and New Testament to illuminate these issues in the concrete context of exegesis and interpretation.
A full Greystone course module in two sections. The first section of the course will reflect on the character of the Bible’s unity in the context of the twofold canon. Is this character of this unity primarily historical, literary, conceptual, or theological in character? What difference, if any, does our answer to this question make for our understanding of the Old Testament’s witness to Christ? We will then turn to a discussion of the history of biblical interpretation, with special emphasis on the understanding of authorial intention, historical context, and Scripture’s theological sense at work in these approaches. The final section will be devoted to exegetical case studies of biblical texts drawn from the Old and New Testament to illuminate these issues in the concrete context of exegesis and interpretation.
A full Greystone course module in two sections. The first section of the course will reflect on the character of the Bible’s unity in the context of the twofold canon. Is this character of this unity primarily historical, literary, conceptual, or theological in character? What difference, if any, does our answer to this question make for our understanding of the Old Testament’s witness to Christ? We will then turn to a discussion of the history of biblical interpretation, with special emphasis on the understanding of authorial intention, historical context, and Scripture’s theological sense at work in these approaches. The final section will be devoted to exegetical case studies of biblical texts drawn from the Old and New Testament to illuminate these issues in the concrete context of exegesis and interpretation.