Slaves, Women and Homosexuals Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis

Name: Slaves, Women and Homosexuals Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis
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ISBN: 9780830815616

ISBN-10: 0830815619

ISBN-13: 9780830815616

Edition: 2001

Authors: William J. Webb, Darrell L. Bock

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In Slaves, Women & Homosexuals William J. Webb tackles some of the most complex and controversial issues that have challenged the Christian church--and still do.He leads you through the maze of interpretation that has historically surrounded understanding of slaves, women and homosexuals, and he evaluates various approaches to these and other biblical-ethical teachings. Throughout, Webb attempts to "work out the hermeneutics involved in distinguishing that which is merely cultural in Scripture from that which is timeless" (Craig A. Evans).By the conclusion, Webb has introduced and developed a "redemptive hermeneutic" that can be applied to many issues that cause similar dilemmas.Darrel L.…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 5/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 301
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

William Webb is an adjunct professor of New Testament/Biblical Studies at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Ontario. He has also written Returning Home: New Covenant and Second Exodus as the Context for 2 Corinthians 6:14--7:1 (Sheffield) and Slaves, Women and Homosexuals (InterVarsity Press).

Darrell L. Bock (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is research professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. Known for his work in Luke-Acts, Dr. Bock is a Humboldt Scholar (Tubingen University in Germany), an editor-at-large for Christianity Today , and a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society (2000-2001). A New York Times bestselling author, Bock has written over thirty books, including Luke in the NIV Application Commentary series.



Foreword


Introduction: Welcome to the World of Application



Toward a Hermeneutic of Cultural Analysis



The Christian & Culture



A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic



Cultural/Transcultural Analysis: A Road Map



Intrascriptural Criteria



Persuasive Criteria



Preliminary Movement



Seed Ideas



Breakouts



Purpose/Intent Statements



Basis in Fall or Curse



Moderately Persuasive Criteria



Basis in Original Creation, Section 1: Patterns



Basis in Original Creation, Section 2: Primogeniture



Basis in New Creation



Competing Options



Opposition to Original Culture



Closely Related Issues



Penal Code



Specific Instructions Versus General Principles



Inconclusive Criteria



Basis in Theological Analogy



Contextual Comparisons



Appeal to the Old Testament



Extrascriptural Criteria



Persuasive Extrascriptural Criteria



Pragmatic Basis Between Two Cultures



Scientific and Social-Scientific Evidence



What If I Am Wrong?


Conclusion: Arriving at a Bottom Line



Man Created First & Primogeniture Assumptions


The Traditional Interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:13



Women as More Easily Deceived Than Men


The Traditional Interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:14



Research on Detecting Deception



Woman Created from Man and for Man


An Assessment of 1 Corinthians 11:8-9


Bibliography


Scripture Index