{"product_id":"the-art-of-reading-scripture-9780802812698","title":"The Art of Reading Scripture","description":"The difficulty of interpreting the Bible is felt all over today. Is the Bible still authoritative for the faith and practice of the church? If so, in what way? What practices of reading offer the most appropriate approach to understanding Scripture? The church's lack of clarity about these issues has hindered its witness and mission, causing it to speak with an uncertain voice to the challenges of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This important book is for a twenty-first-century church that seems to have lost the art of reading the Bible attentively and imaginatively. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Reading Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e is written by a group of eminent scholars and teachers seeking to recover the church's rich heritage of biblical interpretation in a dramatically changed cultural environment. Asking how best to read the Bible in a postmodern context, the contributors together affirm up front \"Nine Theses\" that provide substantial guidance for the church. The essays and sermons that follow both amplify and model the approach to Scripture outlined in the Nine Theses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lucidly conceived, carefully written, and shimmering with fresh insights, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Reading Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a far-reaching revolution in how the Bible is taught in theological seminaries and calls pastors and teachers in the church to rethink their practices of using the Bible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gary A. Anderson \u003cbr\u003e Richard Bauckham \u003cbr\u003e Brian E. Daley \u003cbr\u003e Ellen F. Davis \u003cbr\u003e Richard B. Hays \u003cbr\u003e James C. Howell \u003cbr\u003e Robert W. Jenson \u003cbr\u003e William Stacy Johnson \u003cbr\u003e L. Gregory Jones \u003cbr\u003e Christine McSpadden \u003cbr\u003e R. W. L. Moberly \u003cbr\u003e David C. Steinmetz \u003cbr\u003e Marianne Meye Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavis, Ellen F.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ellen F. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of Bible andPractical Theology at Duke University Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492064629010,"sku":"9780802812698","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_415007a8-dfa7-4dd3-bcbf-9c403aa97130.jpg?v=1730569310","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-art-of-reading-scripture-9780802812698","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}