This week we are looking at what the Bible is and how we will be interpreting it on this show. We will return to these interpretive methods and analyze them in more detail on future episodes, but this will provide us with a starting point for thinking about how the Bible works.

Episode Outline:

I. Reformation and the problem of Biblical interpretation.

II. How should we interpret the Bible – hermeneutics.

III. What the Bible is not – popular fallacies.

IV. What the Bible is.

V. Morality, theology, and devotion.

VI. Danger of importing our own theological preferences into the text

Media Referenced:

Biblical Exegesis, John Hayes, Carl Holladay

How to Read the Bible For All It’s Worth, Gordon Fee, Douglas Stuart

Elements of Biblical Exegesis, Michael Gorman

The Last Word, N.T. Wright

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Ep 7: Rules of Engagement: Hermeneutics and Biblical Interpretation