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Much is written about the theory of theological interpretation, but how does it apply to actually working with biblical texts? This volume shows that theological interpretation is not so much an exegetical method as it is a practice concerned with Scripture's role in the faith and formation of persons and church communities. Widely recognized biblical scholar Joel Green demonstrates both the practice of theological interpretation and the fruitfulness of this approach to reading biblical texts, providing students with helpful ways of wrestling with knotty interpretive issues. He also explores how theological inquiry can coexist with rigorous academic study of the Bible.

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Publié par	Baker Publishing Group
Date de parution	01 janvier 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781441236319
Langue	English
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© 2011 by Joel B. Green
Published by Baker Academic
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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1989, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled CEB are from the Common English Bible, copyright © 2010, by Christian Resources Development Corporation. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Series Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Living Faithfully in Exile: Who Reads the Bible Well?
2. Neglecting Widows and Serving the Word? “History” and Theological Interpretation
3. Scripture and Classical Christology: The “Rule of Faith” and Theological Interpretation
4. John Wesley, Wesleyans, and Theological Interpretation: Learning from a Premodern Interpreter
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Scripture Index
Modern Author Index
Subject Index
Back Cover
Series Preface
L ong before Brian McLaren began speaking about a “generous orthodoxy,” John Wesley attempted to carry out his ministry and engage in theological conversations with what he called a “catholic spirit.” Although he tried to remain “united by the tenderest and closest ties to one particular congregation” [1] (i.e., Anglicanism) all his life, he also made it clear that he was committed to the orthodox Christianity of the ancient creeds, and his library included books from a variety of theological traditions within the church catholic. We at Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS) remain committed to the theological tradition associated with Wesley but, like Wesley himself, are very conscious of the generous gifts we have received from a variety of theological traditions. One specific place this happens in the ongoing life of our community is in the public lectures funded by the generosity of various donors. It is from those lectures that the contributions to this series arise.
The books in this series are expanded forms of public lectures presented at NTS as installments in two ongoing, endowed lectureships: the Earle Lectures on Biblical Literature and the Grider-Winget Lectures in Theology. The Earle Lecture series is named in honor of the first professor of New Testament at NTS, Ralph Earle. Initiated in 1949 with W. F. Albright for the purpose of “stimulating further research in biblical literature,” this series has brought outstanding biblical scholars to NTS, including F. F. Bruce, I. Howard Marshall, Walter Brueggemann, and Richard Hays. The Grider-Winget Lecture series is named in honor of J. Kenneth Grider, longtime professor of theology at NTS, and in memory of Dr. Wilfred L. Winget, a student of Dr. Grider and the son of Mabel Fransen Winget, who founded the series. The lectureship was initiated in 1991 with Thomas Langford for the purpose of “bringing outstanding guest theologians to NTS.” Presenters for this lectureship have included Theodore Runyon, Donald Bloesch, and Jürgen Moltmann.
The title of this monograph series indicates how we understand its character and purpose. First, even though the lectureships are geared toward biblical literature and systematic theology, we believe that the language of “theological explorations” is as appropriate to an engagement with Scripture as it is to an engagement with contemporary systematic theology. Though it is legitimate to approach at least some biblical texts with nontheological questions, we do not believe that doing so is to approach them as Scripture . Old and New Testament texts are not inert containers from which to draw theological insights; they are already witnesses to a serious theological engagement with particular historical, social, and political situations. Hence, biblical texts should be approached on their own terms through asking theological questions. Our intent, then, is that this series will be characterized by theological explorations from the fields of biblical studies and systematic theology.
Second, the word “explorations” is appropriate since we ask the lecturers to explore the cutting edge of their current interests and thinking. With the obvious time limitations of three public lectures, even their expanded versions will generally result not in long, detailed monographs but rather in shorter, suggestive treatments of a given topic that is, explorations.
Finally, with the language of “the church catholic,” we intend to convey our hope that these volumes should be pro ecclesia in the broadest sense given by lecturers representing a variety of theological traditions for the benefit of the whole church of Jesus Christ. We at NTS have been generously gifted by those who fund these two lectureships. Our hope and prayer is that this series will become a generous gift to the church catholic, one means of equipping the people of God for participation in the missio Dei .
Andy Johnson Lectures Coordinator Nazarene Theological Seminary Kansas City, Missouri
Acknowledgments
T he first three chapters of this book originated as the Earle Lectures on Biblical Literature, presented at Nazarene Theological Seminary, in March 2010. It is a pleasure to record my appreciation to President Ronald Benefiel and Dean Roger Hahn, and to the faculty, staff, and students of NTS for the opportunity to join their community and share in conversation over the period of the lectures. I am especially grateful to Professor Andy Johnson for his hospitality and friendship. For purposes of publication, I have added chapter 4. I want also to record my appreciation to Seth Heringer and Tom Bennett, whose research assistance has been invaluable.
Abbreviations AB Anchor Bible ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library ANF Ante-Nicene Fathers. Edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. 1885–1887. 10 vols. Repr. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1994. BDAG Walter Bauer et al. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature . 3rd ed. Revised and edited by Frederick William Danker. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. BECNT Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament BTCB Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly CBR Currents in Biblical Research CEB Common English Bible CTR Criswell Theological Review EKKNT Evangelisch-katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament ET English translation GBS Guides to Biblical Scholarship HNTC Harper’s New Testament Commentary HTKNT Herders theologischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament ICC International Critical Commentary Int Interpretation JBR Journal of Bible and Religion JPT Journal of Pentecostal Theology JPTSup Journal of Pentecostal Theology: Supplement Series JSNTSup Journal for the Study of the New Testament: Supplement Series JTI Journal of Theological Interpretation LCL Loeb Classical Library MM James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament: Illustrated from the Papyri and Other Non-Literary Sources . Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1963. MNTC Moffatt New Testament Commentary NAC New American Commentary NICNT New International Commentary on the New Testament NRSV New Revised Standard Version n.s. new series OBT Overtures to Biblical Theology PRSt Perspectives in Religious Studies SBLDS Society of Biblical Literature Dissertation Series SBT Studies in Biblical Theology SJT Scottish Journal of Theology s.s. second series STI Studies in Theological Interpretation TDNT Theological Dictionary of the New Testament . Edited by Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich. Translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley. 10 vols. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1964–1976. THNTC Two Horizons New Testament Commentary ThTo Theology Today WTJ Wesley Theological Journal
Introduction
P ractically speaking, less than a generation ago in biblical studies the only game in town was historical-critical inquiry of the biblical texts. Yoked with this form of historical investigation of the meaning of biblical texts was its apparently obvious corollary: the yawning chasm that separated biblical studies from theological studies. It is common enough now to hear questions about how best to traverse the distance from “what the biblical text meant” to “what the biblical text might mean today,” but this hermeneutic was even more pervasive when I was in seminary and graduate school. If scholars allowed for the possibility that a biblical text might have significance for Christian communities today, it was only after ascertaining the baseline sense of a text in terms of its “original” meaning.
Biblical scholars were tasked with describing what God used to say or, at least, with what the biblical writers claimed that God said in the past. On this basis, not biblical scholars but theologians, only theologians, could be tasked with making claims about what God might be saying today. Accordingly, attempts by biblical scholars to speak in the present tense of God’s words and deeds were, and in many circles today still are, regarded as out of bounds. At best, a biblical scholar might take off the hat of a biblical scholar and put on the hat of, say, a homiletician and, in this different role, dare to speak of God in the present tense.
It is difficult to overstate the breadth and depth of the changes that have occurred in the last two decades with regard to how we engage th