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by Walter C. Kaiser (Author), Moises Silva (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Zondervan Publishing House; 2nd Revised edition edition (19 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0310279518
  • ISBN-13: 978-0310279518
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 206,851 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Bernard Ramm's Protestant Biblical Hermeneutics, published in 1956, attracted a broad spectrum of Bible readers and set the tone of biblical interpretation for a whole generation of evangelical students. An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics could have a similar role for this generation at the end of the twentieth century. Almost every assumption that Ramm made has been challenged and tested by the winds of modernity and post-modernity. The severity of the changes from earlier patterns of thinking is reflected in the subtitle to this book, The Search for Meaning. This book is distinctive from others on hermeneutics in that the authors, rather than writing from a single viewpoint, hold differing opinions on many issues. There are more areas where they agree than disagree, including the authority of Scripture and the primacy of authorial meaning; but where they disagree is precisely where the issues are most crucial for the future. So the readers are invited , in effect, to eavesdrop on a vibrant dialogue between two scholars and to reach their own conclusions. Despite the convivial tone, the readers must not mistake how great the stakes are. In a culture that prizes individuality and personal freedom, the primary question is no longer "Is it true?" but rather "Does it matter?" hence the question of relevancy has taken precedence over the questions "What does the text mean?" This book therefore confronts the question of meaning and shows how evangelicals may still clearly hear the Word from God amid the cacophony of the age. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author
Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., (Ph.D., Brandeis University) is president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.;Moises Silva (Ph.D., University of Manchester) has taught at Westminster Theological Seminary and Gordon- Conwell Theological Seminary. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars This is a valuable contribution to hermeneutics, 5 Sep 1997
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_An Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics_ is an exchange between two 'legends' in the field of modern biblical studies, at least from an evangelical perspective. Dr. Silva's chapter on "The Case for Calvinistic Hermeneutics" is worth the price of the book alone. In it, he shows that the pursuit of biblical interpretation (i.e., hermeneutics) cannot be fruitfully accomplished without an awareness of one's theological bias. As part of the 'hermeneutical spiral', the direction of biblical interpretation to theology is never only one way. There is a constant interaction between theology and interpretation. And, in Silva's view, it is not only good for us to admit this, but fundamentally flawed if we try to pretend that biblical interpretation could be done any other way. Biblical interpreters are no more _tabula rasa_ than anyone else. That illusion is the product of a so-called enlightened age that after two centuries is finally going the way of the dodo, even in the bastions of mainstream scholarship. But Silva would not have us say, therefore, that, since we reject monolithic 'neutrality', all approaches are now de facto 'correct'. No, we must approach the text from the position it demands, which is to say, we must approach it as Christians. This 'bias' is the only way we can approach the Scripture with the hope of understanding it correctly, for this is precisely the framework through which its human authors wrote, and it is to just such a 'biased' audience as this that it is addressed to. It itself is no mere 'neutral' text, but "profitable" for the "man of God" (II Tim. 3:16). We do well to remember to adopt this approach, even as we seek to have this framework refined (and yes, challenged) by the insights we learn from diligent study.
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