Interpreting the Bible : approaching the text in preparation for preaching

Mary F. Foskett
Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2009
ix, 83 p. ; 22 cm.
館藏地索書號現狀
G/F CollectionBS 476 .F66Available

  • 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
  • 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 o
  • Includes bibliographical references (p.77-83).
  • Fortress Press
  • 0800663543
  • 9780800663544
  • text
  • volume
  • unmediated
  • https://cms.trccloud.hk/opac/bib/ALUO