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Description: Without turning naively to the past, scholars and
preachers of the Old Testament are once again making use of
figuration--something the church had always done until the modern
period. This enlargement of method comes about partly out of
disappointment with the exclusive use of historical methods, for to
read the Bible theologically for the guidance of its present
readers requires more than historical description. The 2006 Tyndale
Conference on Biblical Interpretation, held at Tyndale University
College in Toronto, Canada, focused on ""figuration in biblical
interpretation."" The authors are the conference keynote speakers,
Christopher Seitz and Ephraim Radner, as well as Tyndale faculty
members in philosophy, history, Bible, and theology. There are also
a few additional invited papers illustrating figural
interpretation. This volume is a window onto the current
hermeneutic ferment within biblical studies, and its title is an
invitation to sample and share the excitement Endorsements:
""Reading the Old Testament as Christian Scripture remains one of
the central challenges of ecclesially located and ecclesially
minded biblical interpretation. Though the hegemony of historical
criticism has aggravated the problem, this stimulating collection
of essays demonstrates its prominence across the history of
interpretation. Emphasizing especially the potential of figural
readings both of Scripture and, indeed, within the pages of
Scripture itself, Go Figure presses the conversation forward
through fresh reflections of a hermeneutical sort and through
penetrating exegesis. --Joel B. Green, Professor of New Testament
Interpretation, Fuller Theological Seminary ""This collection
provides vigorous testimony to the diversity of interpretive
possibilities in our time. Long-standing but often long-abandoned
ways of reading Scripture are illustrated in accessible ways. The
critical approach is not rejected, but it is broadened, and literal
interpretation is seen to be much more than the surface reading to
which we are accustomed. The essays found here do not provide a
single methodology. On the contrary, readers will find themselves
confronted with a variety of rich hearings of the Word."" --Patrick
D. Miller, Charles T. Haley Professor of Old Testament Theology,
Princeton Theological Seminary About the Contributor(s): Stanley D.
Walters, the editor, is Professor of Religious Studies at Tyndale
University College, Toronto. He is the author of Water for Larsa.
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