Biblical Hermeneutics: Five Views (Spectrum Multiview Book)

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Publisher's Description

In recent decades biblical hermeneutics has been an ever-expanding field of thought and research, with new viewpoints unfolding and debated. The views selected for this volume cohere with a broad center of orthodox interpretation of Scripture. But while they share a common ground and a collection of common tools, their distinctive emphases are at points profound.

The five views and their essayists are:

• Historical-Critical/Grammatical, Craig Blomberg
• Literary/Postmodern, F. Scott Spencer
• Philosophical/Theological, Merold Westphal
• Redemptive-Historical, Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
• Canonical, Robert W. Wall

Anyone interested in the ongoing quest to responsibly interpret Christian Scripture for the church will find this a wonderfully informative and constructive dialogue.

About the Editors

Stanley E. Porter is president, dean and professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. He is the author of numerous studies in the New Testament and Greek language, including The Paul of Acts: Essays in Literary Criticism, Rhetoric, and Theology; Idioms of the Greek New Testament and Verbal Aspect in the Greek of the New Testament with Reference to Tense and Mood. He has also edited volumes such as History of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period, 330 B.C.- A.D. 400 and Handbook to Exegesis of the New Testament.

Beth M. Stovell is assistant professor of biblical studies in the School of Theology and Ministry, St. Thomas University, Miami Gardens, Florida.