Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41234 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 464 pages

Synopsis
"...a wonderfully user-friendly book for serious readers who desire to journey into the world of the Bible in order to better understand it and to live faithfully in today's world." - From the foreword by Kevin J. Vanhoozer. "Excellent, practical, and accurate. It leads students from the most fundamental building blocks of interpretation (including skills that most beginning students lack) through all the essential processes." - Craig S. Keener, Professor of New Testament, Eastern Seminary. Just as a rock climber's handhold enables him to master the mountain, a firm grasp on God's Word empowers us to traverse the challenging, risky slopes of life. "Grasping God's Word" helps college students, beginning seminary students, and other serious readers get a grip on the solid rock of Scripture - how to read it, how to interpret it, and how to apply it. Filling the gap between approaches that are too simple and others that are too technical, this book starts by equipping readers with general principles of interpretation, then moves on to apply those principles to specific genres and contexts.

The features include: proven in classrooms across the country; hands-on exercises to guide students through the interpretation process; emphasis on real-life application; supplemented by a website for professors providing extensive teaching materials; and, an accompanying workbook (sold separately). This second edition includes an appendix on "Inspiration and Canon," numerous updates throughout the rest of the book, new exercises, and updated bibliographies. "Grasping God's Word" progresses through the following five sections: How to Read the Book - Basic Tools; Contexts - Now and Then; Meaning and Application; The Interpretive Journey - New Testament; and, The Interpretive Journey - Old Testament.

From the Back Cover
Helps college students, beginning seminary students, and other serious readers of Scripture learn how to read, interpret, and apply the Bible

This practical workbook contains numerous biblical examples and plenty of hands-on projects to guide students through the interpretive process. The text is arranged pedagogically and gives added attention to the application phase.

Topics addressed include:
* Basic tools on how to read the Bible
* The general nature of the interpretive task
* Issues related to who determines meaning and how to apply meaning
* How to interpret and apply texts from specific genres of the Old Testament and New Testament

About the Author
J. Scott Duvall (Ph.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Dean of the Pruet School of Christian Studies and Fuller Professor of Biblical Studies at Ouachita Baptist University where he teaches Spiritual Formation. Scott has co-authored Biblical Greek Exegesis: A Graded Approach to Learning Intermediate and Advanced Greek and Grasping God’s Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible.;Dr. J. Daniel Hays has been a professor at Ouachita Baptist University since 1992, where his educational specialty is Old Testament and Biblical Interpretation. A former missionary to Ethiopia, he has presented and published numerous papers and articles and one book. Dr. Hays and his wife, Donna, have a daughter and a son at OBU.

Customer Reviews

Interpreting God's Word
This is the best introductorary book on hermeneutics I have ever encountered. Unlike other hermeneutical book Duvall and Hays explain the concept in very simple terms. The section at the end of each chapter is also highly beneficial because it allows the reader to apply the principles they have just read about. I suggest this is a must have for all Bible students