For several years I served as a pastor in a town located hours away from the nearest theological library, so I have experienced the need
For anyone interested in theological readings of the Old Testament, one of the most exciting recent publications has been Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible: A
Narrative, Allegory and Figural Reading One of the perpetual challenges faced by readers of the Bible lies in the narrative form of so much of
Biblical exposition is becoming a lost craft. These days what I mostly hear from the pulpit is either meandering personal reflection or speculative historicizing in
Have you ever studied a Robert Silvers photograph? When Silvers was a student at the MIT Media Lab in the 1990s, he invented an art
The first eight books of the Bible set the stage for God’s grand narrative in Scripture. The following commentaries provide readers with access to the
Those of us with university or seminary training with biblical texts typically learned exegetical tools and methods in our biblical studies classes, but discussed the
Although older, two of the most valuable commentaries on Philippians are those of Gordon D. Fee (New International Commentary on the New Testament [NICNT]; Eerdmans,
For those interested in using the early Christians as guides for their interpretive practices, a good place to start is with the methodological reflections of
The confusion among Christians regarding core doctrines of the faith, recently highlighted in a survey published in Christianity Today, is not simply the result of