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The modern preacher and the ancient text : interpreting and preaching biblical literature / by Sidney Greidanus.

By: Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, 1988.Description: xvi, 374 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0802803601
  • 9780802803603
  • 085111573X
  • 9780851115733
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 251 19
LOC classification:
  • BS534.5 .G74 1988
Other classification:
  • BV 4100
Contents:
Biblical preaching -- Historical foundations -- Literary interpretation -- Historical interpretation -- Theological interpretation -- Textual-thematic preaching -- The form of the sermon -- The relevance of the sermon -- Preaching Hebrew narratives -- Preaching prophetic literature -- Preaching the Gospels -- Preaching the Epistles.
Summary: A fusion of biblical hermeneutics and homiletics, this thorough and well-researched book offers a holistic contemporary approach to the interpretation and preaching of biblical texts, using all the scholarly tools available and focusing especially on literary features. Greidanus develops hermeneutical and homiletical principles and then applies them to four specific genres: Hebrew narratives, prophetic literature, the Gospels, and the Epistles. - Publisher.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BS 534.5 .G74 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10439

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-364).

Biblical preaching -- Historical foundations -- Literary interpretation -- Historical interpretation -- Theological interpretation -- Textual-thematic preaching -- The form of the sermon -- The relevance of the sermon -- Preaching Hebrew narratives -- Preaching prophetic literature -- Preaching the Gospels -- Preaching the Epistles.

A fusion of biblical hermeneutics and homiletics, this thorough and well-researched book offers a holistic contemporary approach to the interpretation and preaching of biblical texts, using all the scholarly tools available and focusing especially on literary features. Greidanus develops hermeneutical and homiletical principles and then applies them to four specific genres: Hebrew narratives, prophetic literature, the Gospels, and the Epistles. - Publisher.

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