Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics: Foundations and Principles of Evangelical Biblical Interpretation

by Graeme Goldsworthy

Publisher:

Apollos

, 2006

Overview

While there are many books on hermeneutics, Graeme Goldsworthy's perception is that evangelical contributions often do not give sufficient attention to the vital relationship between hermeneutics and theology, both systematic and biblical.

Goldsworthy moves beyond a reiteration of the usual arguments to concentrate on the theological questions of presuppositions, and the implications of the Christian gospel for hermeneutics. In doing so, he brings fresh perspectives on some well-worn pathways.

Part I examines the foundations and presuppositions of evangelical belief, particularly with regard to biblical interpretation.

Part II offers a selective overview of important hermeneutical developments from the sub-apostolic age to the present, as a means of identifying some significant influences that have been alien to the gospel.

Part III evaluates ways and means of reconstructing truly gospel-centered hermeneutics.

Goldsworthy's aim throughout is to commend the much-neglected role of biblical theology in hermeneutical practice, with pastoral concern for the people of God as they read, interpret and seek to live by his written Word.

Key Features

• Examines the foundations and presuppositions of evangelical belief
• Offers a selective overview of important hermeneutical developments
• Evaluates ways and means of reconstructing truly gospel-centered hermeneutics

Contents

• Preface
• Introduction: Can hermeneutics be saved?

Part I - Evangelical Prolegomena to Hermeneutics

• Introduction to Part I
• 1. The necessity for hermeneutics
• 2. Presuppositions in reading and understanding
• 3. Gospel-centred hermeneutics
• 4. Towards a biblical theology of interpretation

Part II - Challenges to Evangelical Hermeneutics

• Introduction to Part II
• 5. The eclipse of the gospel in the early church
• 6. The eclipse of the gospel in the mediaeval church
• 7. The eclipse of the gospel in Roman Catholicism
• 8. The eclipse of the gospel in Liberalism
• 9. The eclipse of the gospel in philosophical hermeneutics
• 10. The eclipse of the gospel in historical criticism
• 11. The eclipse of the gospel in literary criticism
• 12. The eclipse of the gospel in Evangelicalism

Part III - Reconstructing Evangelical Hermeneutics

• Introduction to Part III
• 13. Pre- and post-Enlightenment evangelical interpretation
• 14. The gospel and the literary dimension
• 15. The gospel and the historical dimension
• 16. The gospel and the theological dimension, I: the two Testaments and Typology
• 17. The gospel and the theological dimension, II: biblical and systematic theology
• 18. The gospel and contextualization
• 19. The hermeneutics of Christ
• Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Index of names
• Index of Scripture references

Praise for

Graeme Goldsworthy is widely known as a master interpreter of biblical texts. In particular, his studies have enriched the thought of many students of the Bible and informed the sermons of countless ministers. How wonderful that Goldsworthy now guides us in a study of how to read the Bible. His readers will be rewarded with a deeper understanding of the gospel-centered nature of Scripture.

—Tremper Longman, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College

The focus of Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics is not word studies but Word study: a sustained reflection on the priority and centrality of the good news concerning Jesus Christ as the distinct way that Scripture interprets Scripture and, indeed, all of reality. Goldsworthy's attention to the role of biblical theology in biblical interpretation is particularly welcome, providing a refreshing contrast to what often gets produced by the contemporary hermeneutics industry. And by highlighting the gospel of Jesus Christ, he puts the evangel back into evangelical hermeneutics.

—Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Wheaton College Graduate School

Goldsworthy recognizes that, for followers of Christ, the Bible simply is not like any other book. Accordingly, in these erudite and seasoned reflections on a biblical hermeneutics grounded and centered in Christ, he maps the discipline as it has been and is—and, based on his evangelical commitments, how it must become. Here is practical wisdom for any would-be interpreter of Christian Scripture.

—Joel Green, professor of New Testament interpretation, Asbury Theological Seminary

Product Details

• Title: Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics: Foundations and Principles of Evangelical Biblical Interpretation
• Author: Graeme Goldsworthy
• Publisher: Apollos
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 341
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible Hermeneutics; Evangelicalism; Bible; Hermeneutics
• ISBNs: 9781844741458, 1844741451
• Resource ID: LLS:GOSCENHERMFPEBI
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-08T15:37:40Z

About Graeme Goldsworthy

Graeme Goldsworthy is an Australian Anglican and Old Testament scholar. He was formerly lecturer in Old Testament, biblical theology and hermeneutics at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia and continues to teach there part time. Goldsworthy is the author of According to Plan, Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture, Gospel Kingdom,The Gospel in Revelation and The Gospel and Wisdom. He has an MA from Cambridge University and a ThM and PhD from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.