Interpreting the Bible Approaching the Text in Preparation for Preaching

Name: Interpreting the Bible Approaching the Text in Preparation for Preaching
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ISBN: 9780800663544

ISBN-10: 0800663543

ISBN-13: 9780800663544

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mary F. Foskett, O. Wesley Allen

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This volume provides preaching students and clergy with introductory knowledge of current approaches and methods in bliblcal studies, familiarity with the questions and aims that pertain to them, and facility with various methods of biblical exegesis. Approaches to biblical interpretation are then examined in light of the questions and concerns that arise specifically in the context of preaching.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 7/16/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 8.50" wide x 5.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Mary F. Foskett is Assistant Professor of Religion at Wake Forest University.



Editor's Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction Before the Sermon: Interpreting the Biblical Text


What Is Exegesis?


The Three Worlds of the Bible


Ethics and the Three Worlds of the Bible


Biblical Interpretation for Preaching



Bringing the Text into view


Beginning a Close Reading of the Text


Shifting to a Wide-Angle Lens


Case Study: Luke 7:36-50


Conclusion



Who's Reading and Whose Reading?


The Reading Community


The Congregational Community


Religious Experience, Biblical Authority, and the Congregation


Case Study: Luke 7:36-50


The Living Word



Engaging the Text in Historical Context


The Challenge of Historical Distance


History and the Ethics of Biblical Interpretation


Reading in a Stream of History


Examining the Historical and Social Contexts of the Bible


Exploring the Historical World of the Text


Case Study: Luke 7:36-50



When Worlds Collide: Reading against the Grain of the Text


Contextual Criticism


Feminist Criticism


Postcolonial Interpretation


Reading with Resistance


Case Study: Luke 7:36-50


Conclusion Discerning the Transforming Word


Toward Interpretation


Discerning the Word


Case Study: Luke 7:36-50


Appendix A Close Reading of Matthew 4:1-11


Notes


For Further Reading