Let the Reader Understand: A Guide to Interpreting and Applying the Bible - Softcover

McCartney, Dan G.; Clayton, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0875525164 ISBN 13: 9780875525167

Publisher: P&R Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

"Well, that's just your interpretation."

For many people, interpreting the Bible is the art of making it say what they want. Even scholars often treat interpretation as a subjective exercise, not the search for true, objective meaning of texts. But hasn't God spoken definitively in Scripture? Shouldn't we be able to arrive at a good and true interpretation?

Convinced that God wants us to understand his Word in all its literary genres, Dan McCartney and Charles Clayton have provided a thorough, readable introduction to biblical interpretation, now updated in this second edition to address postmodern approaches.

About this title

About the Author:

Dan McCartney (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament Interpretation at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas. He is the author of Why Does it Have to Hurt? and is a contributor to several reference works.

Charles Clayton (MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary) is a leadership consultant in the UK and has been executive director of organizations in the UK and Middle East.

Review:

"A fresh and insightful study of hermeneutics. This work is scintillating in its scholarship." --R. C. Sproul

"The best introduction to biblical hermeneutics. . . Each section presents profound concepts simply and clearly." --Bruce Waltke

"Skillfully combines the ingredients of reliable scholarship and practical wisdom, . . . a work which students at all levels will want to turn to again and again." --Sinclair Ferguson

About this edition

• Publisher: P&R Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0875525164
• ISBN 13: 9780875525167
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 392