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Renowned biblical scholar Stanley Porter offers an accessible
introduction to hermeneutics to help students and pastors better
interpret and understand God's Word. Interpretation for Preaching
and Teaching focuses on various levels of interpretation and
proclamation, which are arranged in a necessary hierarchy: language
and linguistics, the biblical text, biblical theology, systematic
theology, and homiletics. Stanley Porter grounds the discussion
within a conversation of biblical authority and offers a fresh
examination of the key issues. The result is a workable method that
introduces each of the major topics of interpretation and addresses
some of the complexities of their use. This book provides the
basics for a Bible interpreter to move from fundamental questions
about the task of biblical interpretation to understanding a text
and its theology to creating and delivering a sermon. It offers
valuable guidance for professors and students of hermeneutics and
equips pastors and Bible teachers to deliver a relevant message to
those who rely on them to be faithful interpreters.
Leading Scholars Debate a Key New Testament Topic The relationship
between Matthew, Mark, and Luke is one of the most contested topics
in Gospel studies. How do we account for the close
similarities--and differences--in the Synoptic Gospels? In the last
few decades, the standard answers to the typical questions
regarding the Synoptic Problem have come under fire, while new
approaches have surfaced. This up-to-date introduction articulates
and debates the four major views. Following an overview of the
issues, leading proponents of each view set forth their positions
and respond to each of the other views. A concluding chapter
summarizes the discussion and charts a direction for further study.
Hermeneutics, as a discipline of the humanities, is often assumed
to be in thrall to the same subjectivity of every interpretive
method, in direct contrast to the objectivity prized by the natural
sciences. This book argues that there is a false dichotomy here,
and that ancient and modern ideas of knowledge can be utilized to
create a new active form of hermeneutics. One capable of creating a
standard by which to judge better and worse models of
understanding. This book explores decisive aspects over which the
future of hermeneutics-a future inexplicably tied to a history of
hermeneutics-will continue to struggle, namely the limits and
possibilities of situated human understanding. This book is located
in the middle of a number of major, converging discussions within
contemporary intellectual discourse. Drawing upon a wide range of
ancient and modern hermeneutical thought, including Aristotle,
Bernstein, Heidegger, Kant, and Gadamer, the result is a
hermeneutical approach that pushes beyond the traditional limits of
human understanding. This is a bold attempt to move hermeneutics
into a new phase. As such, it will be of significant interest to
scholars and academics working in General Hermeneutics, Theology,
and the Philosophy of Religion.
The early followers of Jesus drew from Jewish and Greco-Roman
traditions and titles to help them understand and articulate who
Jesus was. This book opens a window into the Christology of the
first century by helping readers understand the eleven most
significant titles for Jesus in the New Testament: Lord, Son of
Man, Messiah, Prophet, Suffering Servant, Son of God, Last Adam,
Passover Lamb, Savior, Word, and High Priest. The authors trace the
history of each title in the Old Testament, Second Temple
literature, and Greco-Roman literature and look at the context in
which the New Testament writers retrieved these traditions to
communicate their understanding of Christ. The result is a robust
portrait that is closely tied to the sacred traditions of Israel
and beyond that took on new significance in light of Jesus Christ.
This accessible and up-to-date exegetical study defends an early
"high" Christology and argues that the titles of Jesus invariably
point to an understanding of Jesus as God. In the process, it will
help readers appreciate the biblical witness to the person of
Jesus.
Hermeneutics, as a discipline of the humanities, is often assumed
to be in thrall to the same subjectivity of every interpretive
method, in direct contrast to the objectivity prized by the natural
sciences. This book argues that there is a false dichotomy here,
and that ancient and modern ideas of knowledge can be utilized to
create a new active form of hermeneutics. One capable of creating a
standard by which to judge better and worse models of
understanding. This book explores decisive aspects over which the
future of hermeneutics—a future inexplicably tied to a history of
hermeneutics—will continue to struggle, namely the limits and
possibilities of situated human understanding. This book is located
in the middle of a number of major, converging discussions within
contemporary intellectual discourse. Drawing upon a wide range of
ancient and modern hermeneutical thought, including Aristotle,
Bernstein, Heidegger, Kant, and Gadamer, the result is a
hermeneutical approach that pushes beyond the traditional limits of
human understanding. This is a bold attempt to move hermeneutics
into a new phase. As such, it will be of significant interest to
scholars and academics working in General Hermeneutics, Theology,
and the Philosophy of Religion.
Nowhere are the chaotic debates surrounding contemporary aspect
theory more heated than in discussions of the theory's application
to Hellenistic Greek, and especially its understanding of the
semantics of the Greek perfect tense. This book is a distilled
academic debate among three of the best-known scholars on the
subject, each defending his own unique interpretation while
engaging the other two. The Perfect Storm will prove an
indispensable resource for any scholar seeking to write
convincingly on the Greek perfect in the future.
Compiling the results from contemporary and exciting areas of
research into one single important volume, this book stands ahead
of its field in providing a comprehensive one-stop Handbook
reference of biblical interpretation. Examining a wide range of
articles on many of the recognized interpreters including
Augustine, Luther and Calvin, up to the modern figures of Martin
Hengel and T.W. Manson, Porter expertly combines the study of
biblical interpretation with the examination of the theological and
philosophical preconceptions that have influenced it, and surveys
the history of interpretation from different perspectives. Key
perspectives studied include: the historical dimension; addressing
how interpretation has developed at various periods of time; from
early Jewish exegesis to the historical-critical method the
conceptual approach; looks at the various schools of thought that
have generated biblical interpretation, and compares and contrasts
competing conceptual models of interpretation the personal
perspective; addresses the reality of biblical interpretation by
individuals who have helped plot the course of theological
development With relevant bibliographies and a guide to further
reading, this Dictionary will be an extremely important reference
held for many years, not only by libraries, but also by students,
scholars, clergy and teachers of this fascinating and high-profile
subject.
Leading New Testament scholar Stanley Porter offers a comprehensive
commentary on the Pastoral Epistles that features rigorous biblical
scholarship and emphasizes Greek language and linguistics. This
book breaks new ground in its interpretation of these controversial
letters by focusing on the Greek text and utilizing a
linguistically informed exegetical method that draws on various
elements in contemporary language study. Porter pays attention to
the overall argument of the Pastoral Epistles while also analyzing
word meanings and grammatical structures to tease out the textual
meaning. Porter addresses major exegetical issues that arise in
numerous highly disputed passages and--while attentive to the
history of scholarship on First Timothy, Second Timothy, and
Titus--often takes untraditional or innovative positions to blaze a
new path forward rather than adopt settled answers. This commentary
will appeal to professors, students, and scholars of the New
Testament.
In Romans, Stanley E. Porter and David I. Yoon provide a
foundational examination of the Greek text of Acts. The analysis is
distinguished by the detailed yet comprehensive attention paid to
the text. The authors' exposition is a convenient pedagogical and
reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical
text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic
analyses, engages important text-critical debates, and addresses
questions relating to the Greek text that are frequently overlooked
or ignored by standard commentaries. Beyond serving as a succinct
and accessible analytic key, Romans also reflects the
most up-to-date advances in scholarship on Greek grammar and
linguistics. This handbook proves itself an indispensable tool for
anyone committed to a deep reading of the biblical text.
Compiling the results from contemporary and exciting areas of
research into one single importanvolume, this book stands ahead in
its field in providing a comprehensive one-stop handbook reference
of biblical interpretation.
Examining a wide range of articles on many of the recognized
interpreters including Augustine, Luther, and Calvin, up to the
modern figures of Martin Hengel and T.W. Manson, Professor Porter
expertly combines the study of biblical interpretation with the
examination of the theological and philosophical preconceptions
that have influenced it, and surveys the history of interpretation
from different perspectives.
Key Perspectives studied include:
* The historical dimension: Addresses how interpretation has
developed at various periods of time, from early Jewish exegesis to
the historical-critical method.
* The conceptual approach: Looks at the various schools of thought
that have generated biblical interpretation, and compares and
contrasts competing conceptual models of interpretation,
* The personal perspective: Addresses the reality of biblical
interpretation by individuals who have helped plot the course of
theological development.
With relevant bibliographies and a guide to further reading, "The
Dictionary" will be an extremely imoprtant reference held for many
years, not only by libraries, but also by students, scholars,
clergy, and teachers of this fascinating and high-profile subject.
The volume present Stanley E. Porter's considered thoughts and
reflections on key questions of meaning and context, addresseing
the problems of biblical interpretation and how a close
collaboration between hermeneutics and linguistics can help to
solve them. The chapters display Porter's work in both fields,
examining how hermeneutics functions as a field in modern biblical
studies, and how the quest for meaning in biblical texts is
underpinned by the study of linguistics. The volume focuses on
context for understanding the meanings of biblical texts. Porter
suggests that linguists can learn more from the philosophical
questions around meaning that hermeneuts apply in their study of
biblical texts, and that there is more fruitful work to be done in
the field of hermeneutics using insights from linguistics.
2013 Word Guild Award (Biblical Studies) A recognized expert in New
Testament Greek offers a historical understanding of the writing,
transmission, and translation of the New Testament and provides
cutting-edge insights into how we got the New Testament in its
ancient Greek and modern English forms. In part responding to those
who question the New Testament's reliability, Stanley Porter
rigorously defends the traditional goals of textual criticism: to
establish the original text. He reveals fascinating details about
the earliest New Testament manuscripts and shows that the textual
evidence supports an early date for the New Testament's formation.
He also explores the vital role translation plays in biblical
understanding and evaluates various translation theories. The book
offers a student-level summary of a vast amount of historical and
textual information.
Description: The church is one of the most intriguing and
significant institutions on earth. Because its essence and
character are so widely misunderstood, this is a timely book. The
church is not a mere human institution, though it is made up of
human beings in community. Its roles and responsibilities are
momentous, but all the elements of its organization came about as
the church developed and attempted to fulfill its divine mandate,
not as forms given at its founding. These papers from a Bingham
Colloquium at McMaster Divinity College treat the church "then" in
studies of the church in the various parts of the New Testament
canon, followed by a historical study of the church under attack in
places where it did not survive. The latter part of the book
contains essays by several church practitioners from "now" who
discuss their insights about and experiences with postmodern
society, home churches, megachurches, and the missional church.
Such a combination of biblical theology, history, and practice
makes this a valuable book for scholars and practitioners, in fact,
for all thinking members of the church founded by Jesus Christ.
Endorsements: "We are living in a time of crisis in worldwide
Christianity, combining vituperative attacks and persecution in
several hotspots with a diminution of vision and understanding on
the part of the church itself. This book comes at a critical time
and addresses these needs. It provides both an excellent study of
the NT witness as to what a church should be and penetrating
insight into what churches actually are and what they are facing in
our time . . . a must-read for church leaders and laypeople alike."
--Grant Osborne Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School Author of Matthew (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary
Series, 2010) About the Contributor(s): Stanley E. Porter is
President and Dean and Professor of New Testament at McMaster
Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. His publications include
eighteen books and over 250 journal articles, chapters, and related
publications; he has also edited over seventy volumes. Cynthia Long
Westfall is Assistant Professor of New Testament at McMaster
Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. She is the author of A
Discourse Analysis of the Structure of Hebrews: The Relationship
between Form and Meaning (2006).
Synopsis: How did a first-generation Jewish messianic movement
develop the momentum to become a dominant religious force in the
Western world? The essays here first investigate the roots of God's
mission and the mission of his people in the Old Testament and
Second Temple Judaism, specifically in the Psalms, Isaiah, and
Daniel. The contributions then discuss the mission of Jesus, and
how it continued into the mission of the Twelve, other Jewish
believers (in the Gospels, General Epistles, and Revelation), and
finally into Paul's ministry to the Gentiles documented in the book
of Acts and his epistles. These essays reach backward into the
background of what was to become the Christian mission and forward
through the New Testament to the continuing Christian mission and
missions today. Endorsements: "For too long now biblical
scholarship and missiology have been progressing in splendid
isolation with little reference to each other. This sparkling
collection of essays not only demonstrates the interdependence of
these disciplines but also takes seriously the Hebrew Scriptures
and Second Temple Judaism as fertile soil in which the seeds for
Christian mission were sown, came to flower in the New Testament,
and continue to bear fruit in the ongoing global mission of the
church at the beginning of the twenty-first century." --Trevor J.
Burke author of Adopted into God's Family: Exploring a Pauline
Metaphor "Biblical scholars and missiologists have much to learn
from each other. This work, with contributions from notable
scholars, offers some fresh biblical insights for thinking about
Christian mission." --Craig Keener author of Romans: A New Covenant
Commentary (Cascade 2009) "We have needed a work that presents the
development of Mission from Israel to the early church. These
essays, written by leading scholars in both fields, admirably
accomplish that goal. Here is a work that covers the field,
presents missional roots as well as strategy, is very readable, and
would serve as a fine textbook both for courses and personal study.
I highly recommend this book." --Grant Osborne author of The
Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical
Interpretation Author Biography: Stanley E. Porter is President,
Dean, and Professor of New Testament, at McMaster Divinity College.
He has published extensively in the area of New Testament and Greek
language and linguistics, including New Testament Greek Papyri and
Parchments (with Wendy Porter, 2008). Cynthia Long Westfall is
Assistant Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College.
She is the author of A Discourse Analysis of Hebrews (2006).
How does the New Testament echo the Old? Which versions of the
Hebrew Scriptures were authoritative for New Testament writers? The
appearance of concepts, images, and passages from the Old Testament
in the books of the New raises important questions about textual
versions, allusions, and the differences between ancient and modern
meaning.
Written by ten distinguished scholars, "Hearing the Old
Testament in the New Testament" first lays out significant
foundational issues and then systematically investigates the use of
the Old in the New Testament. In a culminating essay Andreas
Kostenberger both questions and affirms the other contributors'
findings. These essays together will reward a wide range of New
Testament readers with a wealth of insights.
CONTRIBUTORS:
James W. Aageson
Craig A. Evans
Sylvia C. Keesmaat
Michael P. Knowles
Andreas Kostenberger
R. Timothy McLay
Paul Miller
Stanley E. Porter
Kurt Anders Richardson
Dennis L. Stamps
In this volume Stanley Porter tackles a wide variety of important
and often highly contentious topics within John's Gospel as a means
of defining and capturing the distinctive Johannine voice. Topics
discussed include John's Gospel in relation to competing Gospels,
the public proclamation of Jesus in John, the sources of John's
Gospel, John's prologue, the "I Am" sayings, the notion of truth,
the Passover theme, and the ending of John's Gospel. Each chapter,
besides surveying representative research, puts forward new and
insightful proposals regarding the topics concerned. Porter does
not shy away from topics that have often perplexed Johannine
scholars, and he confronts some of the viewpoints that have led to
confusion in the field. Significantly, each chapter considers the
Johannine voice as it represents, presents, and treats Jesus,
grounding the book in the wider field of Gospel and New Testament
investigation.
This collection brings together into one volume papers first
delivered in the Section on Biblical Greek Language and Linguistics
at the Society of Biblical Literature annual meetings in 1992 and
1993. Part I, on discourse analysis, includes an introductory
survey of the field, followed by three major papers and two
responses. Each author uses his particular model of discourse
analysis to analyse the book of Philippians, paying particular
attention to the question of unity. Part 2, on other topics in
biblical Greek, includes a probing introduction on the nature of
language and five papers on a range of other areas of study.
The 'Dictionary of New Testament Background' joins the 'Dictionary
of Jesus and the Gospels', the 'Dictionary of Paul and his Letters'
and the 'Dictionary of the Later New Testament and its
Developments' as the fourth in a landmark series of reference works
on the Bible. In a time when our knowledge of the ancient
Mediterranean world has grown, this volume sets out for readers the
wealth of Jewish and Greco-Roman background that should inform our
reading and understanding of the New Testament and early
Christianity. 'The Dictionary of New Testament Background', takes
full advantage of the flourishing study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and
offers individual articles focused on the most important scrolls.
In addition, the Dictionary encompasses the fullness of
second-temple Jewish writings, whether pseudepigraphic, rabbinic,
parables, proverbs, histories or inscriptions. Articles abound on
aspects of Jewish life and thought, including family, purity,
liturgy and messianism. The full scope of Greco-Roman culture is
displayed in articles ranging across language and rhetoric,
literacy and book benefactors, travel and trade, intellectual
movements and ideas, and ancient geographical perspectives. No
other reference work presents so much in one place for students of
the New Testament. Here an entire library of scholarship is made
available in summary form. The Dictionary of New Testament
Background can stand alone, or work in concert with one or more of
its companion volumes in the series. Written by acknowledged
experts in their fields, this wealth of knowledge of the New
Testament era is carefully aimed at the needs of contemporary
students of the New Testament. In addition, its full bibliographies
and cross-references to other volumes in the series will make it
the first book to reach for in any investigation of the New
Testament in its ancient setting.
This volume examines and outlines a Systemic Functional Linguistic
(SFL) model of discourse analysis and its relationship to New
Testament Greek. The book reflects upon how SFL has grown as a
field since it was first introduced to New Testament Greek studies
by Stanley E. Porter in the 1980s. Porter and Matthew Brook
O’Donnell first introduce basic concepts regarding discourse
analysis and the major approaches towards it within New Testament
studies. They then provide a detailed exploration of discourse
analysis in terms of the textual metafunction, beginning with an
introduction to the architecture of language within SFL, before
exploring several individual elements within it. By focusing upon
these individual components – in particular, theme and
information structure, markedness and prominence, and coherence and
cohesive harmony – Porter and O’Donnell introduce and exemplify
the major resources of the textual metafunction.
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