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	Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Revised Edition William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, ... Thomas Nelson, 2004 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The authors of this book have combined years of expertise and devotion to Scripture to provide a truly unique volume that sets forth concise, logical, practical guidelines for discovering the truth in God's Word. Ten years after its initial publication, the authors now have thoroughly updated it in light of the latest scholarship.

"This is a remarkably comprehensive study of the whole area of biblical interpretation. Thoroughly evangelical, it also interacts with nonevangelical interpretational stances. No other volume available on biblical interpretation does so much so well."- Douglas Stuart, Professor of Old Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

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A Rich Text

I really appreciated, what was for me, a comprehensive introduction to the topic of Biblical Interpretation. This stood me in good stead for a posy graduate diploma in Biblical Studies and will be a valuable reference tool well into the future.

Biblical Interpretation

Very thorough and easily understood. I use this as a course textbook. Best feature is the presentation of opposing viewpoints.

A great resource!

This is an invaluable comprehensive resource for any serious student of the Bible who needs practical guidance in interpreting the Bible correctly. The three authors are Seminary professors who share their expertise on hermeneutics and affirm their position that a biblical text has one meaning that is discovered by using the historical/grammatical/semantical approach of interpretation. One must also consider the literary, cultural, and social issues of the text. Understanding a text in its context is also vitally important. The authors also explore other traditional and modern interpretative methods that reflect current biblical scholarship. Lastly, the authors discuss our role as interpreters and what we bring to a biblical text, i.e. preunderstandings, life experiences, etc. This is a great resource!

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I'm sure there's better...

I thought I wrote a review of this book already, but I'll do it again.

This is the first book on Hermeneutics I've read and I have to agree with what looks like the majority of the reviews here. It is quite wordy. I find myself skimming for the main points and some of the definitions. It's a bit too thorough, however if you wanted to look up a certain concept in interpretation... I'm sure you could find something about it in this book.

I will say there are some good "aha" personal stories, examples, and biblical misconceptions answered, but you'd have to do A LOT of reading to really benefit from and find them.

The things that are turning me off the most to this book are 1. There is certainly a kind of postmodern feel to it. There is an effort to create balance on certain views that seem to only exist inside this book. I mean that there are conclusions about Theological views that I've never heard of. The conservative skeleton backbone seems to be intact (They say there is such a thing as absolute truth, etc.), but it's as if there is a drift away from being totally consistent. There is also some apparent leaning in support of "The 2-Source Theory" or "Q (Quelle) Document."

2. I've also noticed subtle elastic expressions of the authors' views on Covenant Theology vs. Dispensationalism. They sometimes lean one way, but then make a clear statement here or there that leans the other way.

Overall, I certainly have learned things from the textbook in certian places. We just have to read and learn critically... as with everything I suppose.

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