How Scripture Interprets Scripture: What Biblical Writers Can Teach us About Reading the Bible

Graves, Michael 1973-

How Scripture Interprets Scripture: What Biblical Writers Can Teach us About Reading the Bible - Grand Rapids, Michigan Baker Academic 2021 - 230p

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Corporate and individual responsibility : individual responsibility within community obligations -- Insiders and outsiders : outside and inside exist, but invite the outsider to join -- Marriage, polygamy, and divorce : human well-being now, closeness to god as the ultimate goal -- Sacrificial offerings : devoting our lives fully to god, receiving the greater gift -- The afterlife : Old Testament hopes become reality in Jesus -- Biblical interpretation then and now.

"An expert in ancient exegesis shows that learning from the biblical writers makes us better interpreters and better teachers, more adept at discerning the meaning of the text for our modern world"--

9781540962003

2021018961


Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

B67.9 / G783

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