The Word of God for the People of God: An Entryway to the Theological Interpretation of Scripture - Softcover

J. Todd Billings

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802862357 ISBN 13: 9780802862358

Publisher: Eerdmans, 2010

Synopsis

This book fills a real need for pastors and students. Though there is currently a large body of material on the theological interpretation of Scripture, most of it is highly specific and extremely technical. J. Todd Billings here provides a straightforward entryway for students and pastors to understand why theological interpretation matters and how it can be done. A solid, constructive theological work, The Word of God for the People of God presents a distinctive Trinitarian, participatory approach toward reading Scripture as the church. Billings's accessible yet substantial argument for a theological hermeneutic is rooted in a historic vision of the practice of scriptural interpretation even as it engages a wide range of contemporary issues and includes several exegetical examples that apply to concrete Christian ministry situations.

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From the Back Cover:

"This roadmap through the field of theological interpretation of Scripture is a feast for the mind and for the edification of the church."
Kevin Vanhoozer, Wheaton College Graduate School

"Simply marvelous. . . . A major book, The Word of God for the People of God covers a wide range of themes and covers all of them well."
Matthew J. Levering, University of Dayton

"In The Word of God for the People of God Todd Billings gets to the core of the issues and states them with great clarity and firmness of line."
John Webster, Kings College, Aberdeen

"This is good work! I found myself saying 'Amen!' repeatedly as I read through the text. This wise and timely book will guide preachers and worship leaders in the service of the Word for the life and mission of the church."
Michael Pasquarello III, Asbury Theological Seminary

About the Author:

J. Todd Billings is associate professor of Reformed theology at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan, and an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America. He is also the author of Calvin, Participation, and the Gift (Oxford), for which h

About this edition

• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0802862357
• ISBN 13: 9780802862358
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 235