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Biblical Foundations Book Awards Finalist
No one reads the Bible without some interpretive principles, or hermeneutics, in place. The question every student of Scripture needs to ask, then, is this: Are your interpretive principles and methods legitimate and ethical?
In this accessible introduction to biblical hermeneutics, Nicholas G. Piotrowski presents an approach that explores three layers of context: literary, historical, and christological. Because no text exists in the abstract, interpreters must seek to understand a passage's ecology: the flow and argument of the entire biblical book, the world of the original author and audience, and the movement of redemptive history that culminates in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
Careful interpretation is both a science and an art, Piotrowski argues, and it has powerful implications for what we believe and how we apply God's Word. Featuring numerous examples, further reading lists, and a glossary, In All the Scriptures equips students, pastors, and thoughtful readers to build a solid foundation for interpreting the Bible.
Contents
Foreword by Graeme Goldsworthy
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Text as a Mirror
2. What Did Jesus Do?
3. In the Text
4. Around the Text
5. The Things Concerning Himself
6. Through the Text
7. In, Around, and Through the Text
8. Be Doers of the Word
Conclusion
Glossary of Hermeneutical Terms
Bibliography
Figure Credits
Scripture Index
