How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth, 3rd EdGordon D. Fee and Douglas StuartPreface to 1st Edition p13 Emphasis on genres and how to approach the different genres. p14 the "great urgency that gave birth to this book is hermeneutics; we wrote especially to help believers wrestle with the questions of application." p15 List os 10 different kinds of literary genres. 1. Introduction: The Need to Interpret p20 Cult uses of the Bible: Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, snake-handlers p22 Implications of the human side of the Bible
p23 Exegesis - finding the original intent of the words of the Bible. p26 Historical context p27 Literary context p29 Hermeneutics - the only proper control is the original intent of the Biblical text, so exegesis comes first. p30 "A text cannot mean what it never meant." ties us back to exegesis. 2. The Basic Tool: A Good Translation p39 3 languages
p35 Copied over 1400 years. >5000 Greek manuscripts p37 NKJV poor, late manuscripts better are NRSV and TNIV. This is a very thorough chapter with lots of examples of the problems of translation. As a bottom line, they come down in favor of TNIV as a good committee translation. I was surprised that they ranked the Good News Bible very highly as well as NAB which I don't know. They also like REB and NJB, also unfamiliar to me. 3. The Epistles: Learning to Think Contextually p p 4. The Epistles: The Hermeneutical Questions p p 5.The Old Testament Narratives: Their Proper Use p p 6. Acts: The Question of Historical Precedent p107 "It not only tells us the history of the early church, but it also serves as the normative model for the church at all times. And this is precisely our hermeneutical difficulty." p108 "Our lack of hermeneutical precision as to what Acts is trying to teach that has led to a lot of the division one finds in the church." p109 Luke, a gentile, was very much influenced by Old Testament history. He is interested in telling of God's continued activity. p111 Divisions: Peter Ch 1-12, Paul Ch 13-28. Geographical expansion of the gospel to Jerusalem (1-7), Samaria and Judea (8-10), Ends of the Earth (11-28). Note the brief summary statement in the verses they give. p112 Panels proposed p112 Proposals about Luke's purpose
p114 Acts 6:1-7 Setup for first expansion p116 Acts 8: 5-25 p118 Hermeneutics of Acts "does the book of Acts have a word that not only describes the primitive church but speaks as a norm to the church at all times?" p118 Assumption: "Unless Scripture explicitly tells us we must do something, what is only narrated or described does not function in a normative (i.e., obligatory) way --unless it can be demonstrated on other grounds that the author intended it to function in this way." p119-120 Doctrinal statements p120 Concept of intentionality. Scripture teaches .. but just recording is not necessarily teaching. "God's Word is to be found in the intent of the scripture." p120 Paragraph 4 Hypothesis that Luke "was trying to show how the church emerged as a chiefly Gentile, worldwide phenomenon from its origins as a Jerusalem-based, Judaism-oriented sect of Jewish believers, and how the Holy Spirit was directly responsible for this phenomenon of universal salvation based on grace alone." p121 Principles of hermeneutics of historical narrative p122 Normal is not necessarily "normative" p123-124 Specific principles of hermeneutics
7. The Gospels: One Story, Many Dimensions p p p p p 8. The Parables: Do You Get the Point? p p 9. The Law(s): Covenant Stipulations for Israel p p 10: The Prophets: Enforcing the Covenant in Israel p p 11: The Psalms: Israel's Prayers and Ours p p 12: Wisdom: Then and Now p p 13: The Revelation: Images of Judgment and Hope p p
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