Bonhoeffer As Biblical Interpreter: Reading Scripture in 1930s Germany

By oscillating between Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s explicit hermeneutical reflections and his actual practice of interpreting biblical texts, Jameson E. Ross shows that Bonhoeffer’s interpretive acts consist of a theologically self-reflective hermeneutic in which Scripture is for interpretation, underscoring how essential the interpreter's Spirit-given freedom, actions, theology, context and needs are for reading Scripture. Offering a fresh vision for methodological discussions in theology, this book is a valuable resource for graduate and postgraduate students and researchers on modern theology, political theology and ethics, and biblical exegesis.

Jameson Ross received his PhD from Durham University, UK.

Jennifer McBride is Assistant Professor of Theology and Ethics at McCormick School of Theology, USA.

Michael Mawson is Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is also a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Philip G. Ziegler is Chair in Christian Dogmatics at the University of Aberdeen, UK.