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Biblical Hermeneutics

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Don't take the subtitle lightly: this book is certainly a comprehensive introduction to interpreting scripture. It is very thorough, covering topics from textual criticism, genre of scripture and going from interpretation to application. It is an anthology with close to 30 contributors which means the strength of this volume is going to be its diversity and its depth and breadth of the topics covered. Its one fall-back is that there is quite a bit of overlap between chapters, so if you are trying to read it straight through, get ready to wade through a lot of material and see a lot of overlap. However, If you are looking for a good reference tool on hermeneutics, this is a very helpful volume.

This book has a lot of amazing information inside but very hard to get through...very technical. I am going to use it for a reference book when I need a reminder on issues regarding biblical interpretation but if you are a beginner, do not pick this book up before you pick up "Living By the Book" by Howard and William Hendrickson. I would read that book first as it is comprehensive as well, but a much easier first edition to a library than this book.

That said, don't skip out on this book as it will give you a lot of very good insight on how to correctly interpret the word of God.

a pretty good and helpful book for understanding many aspects of the bible and how to teach from it. While I would not want it to be my only text, it is certainly one worth working through and learning from.