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12 - Theological Interpretation of Scripture

from Part II - Movements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2022

By
Andrea D. Saner
Edited by
Michael Allen
Michael Allen
Affiliation:
Reformed Theological Seminary, Florida
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Summary

Through Scripture, readers encounter the Word of God: this is the central principle of theological interpretation. Such interpretation is teleologically ordered toward knowledge and love of God – however partial that knowledge and love might be on this side of the veil – and reaching out toward knowledge and love of neighbor. Thus understood, theological interpretation is a task not restricted historically or geographically; it is as old as the church and as global as Christians’ reading of the Bible, when their reading is oriented toward participation in the divine life.

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The New Cambridge Companion to Christian Doctrine , pp. 194 - 211
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Allen, M., and Swain, S. R., eds. (2016–), T&T Clark International Theological Commentary (London: T & T Clark).Google Scholar
Boersma, H., and Levering, M., eds. (2013), Heaven on Earth? Theological Interpretation in Ecumenical Dialogue (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fowl, S. E. (2009), Theological Interpretation of Scripture (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books).Google Scholar
Journal of Theological Interpretation 14, no 1 (2020).Google Scholar
Rae, M. (2005), History and Hermeneutics (London: T&T Clark).Google Scholar
Reno, R. R., ed. (2005–2020), Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible (Grand Rapids: Brazos).Google Scholar
Treier, D. J. (2010), “What Is Theological Interpretation? An Ecclesiological Reduction,” IJST 12, 144–61.Google Scholar
Vanhoozer, K. J., Bartholomew, C. G., Treier, D. J., and Wright, N. T., eds. (2005), Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic).Google Scholar

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