Understanding The Scriptures: A Complete Course On Bible Study (The Didache Series)
by Scott Hahn
from Midwest Theological Forum
The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary
from W. W. Norton & Company
The capstone of a brilliant scholar's lifelong work to establish the literary identity of the Bible, in an elegant, slipcased hardcover.
Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Hebrew Bible as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. The culmination of this work, Alter's masterly new translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive edition of The Five Books.
Alter's majestic translation recovers the mesmerizing effect of these ancient stories—the profound and haunting enigmas, the ambiguities of motive and image, and the distinctive cadences and lovely precision of the Hebrew text. Other modern translations either recast these features for contemporary clarity, thereby losing the character of the original, or fail to give readers a suitably fluid English as a point of contact. Alter's translation conveys the music and the meaning of the Hebrew text in a lyrical, lucid English. His accompanying commentary illuminates the text with learned insight and reflection on its literary and historical dimensions.
The Political Unconscious
by Fredric Jameson
from Cornell University Press
The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics
by Robert A. J. Gagnon
from Abingdon Press
Gagnon offers the most thorough analysis to date of the biblical texts relating to homosexuality. His strong and clearly articulated argument establishes that the Bible contains a unanimous witness defining same-sex intercourse as sin. He does so while rigorously engaging biblical scholars and historians who have written both for and against this understanding of same-sex intercourse. In addition, he demonstrates systematically why attempts to classify as irrelevant for our contemporary context the Bible's rejection of same-sex intercourse fail to do justice to the biblical texts. His conclusions are clear and compassionate, as he cautions readers on all sides of the debate against a truncated gospel, and challenges all to strive for a holistic view of the command to love God and neighbor.
The Art Of Biblical Poetry
by Robert Alter
from Basic Books
The author of "The Art of Biblical Narrative" provides a fresh interpretation of the poetry of the Old Testament and a lucid, original account of how biblical poetry works.
Is There a Meaning in This Text?
by Kevin J. Vanhoozer
from Zondervan
Written by a brilliant young author, this book develops an evangelical theological hermeneutic that sees meaning in the text of Scripture.
Interpreting the New Testament Text: Introduction to the Art and Science of Exegesis
from Crossway Books
With the explosive increase in availability of English Bible translations, the question can easily be asked, Why bother with the hard work of biblical exegesis? Computers can translate foreign languages and our English texts can take us very close to the original meanings, so why exegete? Answer: because the deepest truths of the Bible are found through the deepest study.
This book teaches the principles, methods, and fundamentals of exegeting the New Testament. It also has examples of textual exegesis that clearly and helpfully show the value of exegeting a text well. Any serious student of Scripture would benefit from utilizing this book in the study of the Bible.
Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts?, The: Essays on the Use of the Old Testament in the New
from Baker Academic
Follow Gandalf through Middle Earth to discover the themes of salvation, grace, and judgment found throughout Tolkien's popular trilogy.
The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative: A Study in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Hermeneutics
by Hans W. Frei
from Yale University Press
Making Sense of the Bible: Literary Type As an Approach to Understanding
by Marshall D. Johnson
from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
No book in the Western world has evoked more diverse interpretations than the Bible. One reason for this multiplicity of interpretation is the gap of two thousand years between the writing of the Bible and our time. In Making Sense of the Bible Marshall Johnson bridges this cultural and historical distance.
Focusing on the eight major literary forms in the Bible—wisdom literature, liturgical materials, quasi-historical material, prophetic writings, collections of laws and precepts, apocalyptic literature, letters, and Gospels—Johnson describes each form's central features to give readers a sense of what to expect from each literary form and how to approach it. In order to effectively understand the Bible as it was written, the author contends that readers must be able to recognize the diverse kinds of literature found between its covers.
For inquisitive laypeople or students in search of the original meaning of the Bible, this book provides a thoughtful and concise introduction to its literary forms.
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