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

McCartney, Dan; Clayton, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801021278 ISBN 13: 9780801021275

Publisher: Baker Pub Group, 1994

Synopsis

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 post-modern 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Pub Group
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801021278
• ISBN 13: 9780801021275
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360