Exploring Ecological Hermeneutics
Exploring Ecological Hermeneutics

Author: Norman C. Habel

Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1589833465

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What has hermeneutics to do with ecology? What texts, if any, come to mind when you consider what the scriptures might say about environmental ethics? To help readers think critically and clearly about the Bible's relation to modern environmental issues, this volume expands the horizons of biblical interpretation to introduce ecological hermeneutics, moving beyond a simple discussion about Earth and its constituents as topics to a reading of the text from the perspective of Earth. In these groundbreaking essays, sixteen scholars seek ways to identify with Earth as they read and retrieve the role or voice of Earth, a voice previously unnoticed or suppressed within the biblical text and its interpretation. This study enriches eco-theology with eco-exegesis, a radical and timely dialogue between ecology and hermeneutics. The contributors are Vicky Balabanski, Laurie Braaten, Norman Habel, Theodore Hiebert, Cameron Howard, Melissa Tubbs Loya, Hilary Marlow, Susan Miller, Raymond Person, A

A Symposium on Biblical Hermeneutics
A Symposium on Biblical Hermeneutics

Author: Gordon M. Hyde

Publisher:

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13:

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A SYMPOSIUM ON BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS is an outgrowth of the work of the Biblical reserach Committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. It takes a fresh look at the authority of the Bible and at the principles by which it has been interpreted. As a people of the Book, Adventists will find that this collection of essays probes to the heart of their faith and examines its foundations. - I: Introduction to Hermenutics. II: History of Biblical Interpretation. III: Inspired Writers' Interpretation of Inspired Writings. IV: Principles of Biblical Interpretation.V: Interpretation in Proclamation. Appendix

How to Interpret Scripture
How to Interpret Scripture

Author: Frank Hasel

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780816365869

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"How to Interpret Scripture reviews the subject of hermeneutics. It discusses a proper approach to Scripture and the use of principles of interpretation that will lead to sound conclusions"--

Ecological Hermeneutics
Ecological Hermeneutics

Author: David G. Horrell

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-06-02

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0567266850

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Leading scholars reflect critically on the kinds of appeal to the Bible that have been made in environmental ethics and ecotheoloogy and engage with biblical texts with a view towards exploring their contribution to an ecological ethics. The essays explore the kind of hermeneutic necessary for such engagement to be fruitful for contemporary theology and ethics. Crucial to such broad reflection is the bringing together of a range of perspectives: biblical studies, historical theology, hermeneutics, and theological ethics. The thematic coherence of the book is provided by the running focus on the ways in which biblical texts have been, or might be, read. This volume is not about ecotheology, but is instead about ecological hermeneutics. Indeed, some essays show where biblical texts, or particular approaches in the history of interpretation, represent anthropocentric or even anti-ecological moves. One of the overall aims of the book is to suggest how, and why, an ecological hermeneutic might be developed, and the kinds of intepretive choices that are required in such a development.

Biblical Hermeneutics in Context and the Struggle for Meaning
Biblical Hermeneutics in Context and the Struggle for Meaning

Author: Aliou Cisse Niang

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2024-10-24

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13:

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The meaningful juxtaposition of academics (“experts”) with the day-to-day lives of nonacademics (“nonexperts”) has animated Gerald O. West’s work from the beginning. Seeking to bridge this chasm, West’s approach of reading the Bible with the “ordinary people” (typically marginalized communities) became a core practice not only of his church work but of his scholarship. West has been a strong proponent of taking seriously the “ordinary reader” as a viable and legitimate contributor to our understanding of biblical interpretation. Not only does this undo the “ivory tower” elitism that tends to pervade academic halls of learning, but it also reflects a form of scholarly humility that has been a mainstay of West’s and should be perpetuated more broadly in biblical scholarship.

Hermeneutics, Intertextuality and the Contemporary Meaning of Scripture
Hermeneutics, Intertextuality and the Contemporary Meaning of Scripture

Author: Ross Cole

Publisher: ATF Press

Published: 2013-12-31

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1921817984

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'Did Matthew "twist" the Scriptures?' 'Where did Satan come from?' 'My Reading? Questions and issues like these are presented in this selection of papers and presentations from a Bible conference at Avondale College on the broad topic of intertextuality. More than 100 scholars and administrators convened and shared their research as well as their personal perspectives on how to read and apply holy Scripture in the 21st century. This anthology contains a representative sample of their studies and reflections.

African Hermeneutics
African Hermeneutics

Author: Elizabeth Mburu

Publisher: Langham Publishing

Published: 2019-02-28

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1783685387

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Interpretation of Scripture occurs within one’s worldview and culture, which enhances our understanding and ability to apply Scripture in the world. However, few books address Bible interpretation from an African perspective and no other textbook uses the intercultural approach found here. This book brings both an awareness of how one’s African context gives a lens to hermeneutics, but also how to interpret texts with integrity despite our cultural influences. African Hermeneutics was born of Prof Elizabeth Mburu’s frustration at only having textbooks that predominantly followed a Western worldview to teach her African students. Mburu’s approach to hermeneutics is one that begins in Africa, moving from the known to the unknown as students learn to apply her ‘four-legged stool model’ to biblical texts, namely examining: the parallels to African contexts, the theological context, the literary context, and the historical and cultural context. This textbook will help students and pastors interpret Scripture with greater accuracy in their own context, allowing for faithful application in their local contexts.

Meeting with God on the Mountains
Meeting with God on the Mountains

Author: Moskala

Publisher:

Published: 2016-10-31

Total Pages: 762

ISBN-13: 9780970638038

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33 Theological Essays on the following topics: (1) Old Testament Exegesis; (2) Intertextuality, Typology, and Ancient Near Eastern Background; (3) New Testament Studies; and (4) Theology and Church History.