My friend Gerald McDermott recently invited me onto his podcast to discuss my work on reading the Bible. You can listen to the episode here. There is also a transcript.
Tag: Hermeneutics
Theopolitan Hermeneutics
Grammatical Historical Exegesis and a Theopolitan Hermeneutic
What differences would you highlight when comparing the Theopolitan Hermeneutic and a traditional grammatical-historical approach? Also, would you make any significant distinctions between the Theopolitan Hermeneutic and Iain Provan’s “Seriously Literal” interpretive rubric that he lays out in his latest book The Reformation and the Right Reading of Scripture? He states that his Seriously Literal approach is “to read [Scripture] in accord with its various, apparent communicative intentions as a collection of texts from the past now integrated into one Great Story, doing justice to such realities as literary convention, idiom, metaphor, and typology or figuration.”
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Theopolis Podcast: Q&A with Peter Leithart and Jeff Meyers (Theopolis Logo, Patristic Hermeneutics, the Law, Baptism)
Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and I answer three questions sent in by listeners: 1. What does the Theopolis logo mean? 2. What are some good books on patristic hermenetics? 3. Why does Paul seemingly speak negatively about the Law, when other passages exalt the law? 4. What does baptism do for a person?
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John Higgins on the Bible as Art
Today I am joined by John Higgins of The Bible is Art YouTube channel to discuss his work, the literary character of Scripture, and the book of Proverbs.
Who Are James Jordan’s Influences?
Who are Jim Jordan’s sources? It would obviously be fair to describe him as “innovative”, but it seems very much that there’s a chain where you have followed on from Peter Leithart, who followed on from Jim… but where did Jim learn his hermeneutic? Is he really so innovative an expositor that we can’t read what he’s read and see where he learned it all?
Theopolis Podcast: How to Read the Bible Typologically
This is the second of my talks on reading the Bible, which I recently delivered in Twin Cities area. You can listen to the first here.
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Theopolis Podcast: How to Read the Bible
I recently had the privilege of spending a few days in the Twin Cities area, where I delivered a series of talks on the subject of reading the Bible. The following is the first evening’s talks and subsequent questions and answers.
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Symbolism and Allegory
What’s the difference between symbolism and allegory?
What’s the Pastoral Use of Typology?
I very much appreciate your keen eye for typology and the like. As a pastor, I continually find myself thinking “That’s cool. So what?” I know that’s what many of my parishioners are thinking, so I try to show the importance and application of intertextual connections. I’d very much like to hear your reflections on the pastoral value of typology.
