I Bible Interpretation

Note: These are books that address the nature and necessity of reading Scripture as God's inspired Word and thus in ways that can discern a surplus of meaning in passages of Scripture (viz. that go beyond the "original intended meaning" of an author). This was the standard way church leaders interpreted the Bible prior to the Enlightenment when scholars began to deny the uniqueness of the Bible and to interpret it the same way they interpreted other ancient works. Greg's interest in the Theological Interpretation of Scripture movement is rooted in his conviction that all Scripture must bear witness to the crucified Christ.

R. Bieringer, R. Burggraeve, E. Nathan, and M. Steegen, eds., Provoked to Speech: Biblical Hermeneutics as Conversation (Peeters, 2014) 3

J. T. Billings, The Word of God for the People of God (Eerdmans, 2010) 2

M. A. Bowald, Rendering the Word in Theological Hermeneutics (Ashgate, 2007) 3

B. Childs, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments (Fortress, 1993) 2

E. F. Davis, R. B. Hays, eds., The Art of Reading Scripture (Eerdmans, 2003) 2

G. Free, Listening to the Spirit in the Text (Eerdmans, 2000) 2

S. Fowler, Engaging Scripture (Wipf & Stock, rpt. 2008) 3

H. Frei, The Eclipse of the Biblical Narrative (Yale University Press, 1974) 3

J. Green, Practicing Theological Interpretation (Baker Academic, 2011) 2

---- Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture (Zondervan, 3d ed., 2003) 2

C. Hall, Reading Scripture With the Church Fathers (Intervarsity, 1998) 2

R. B. Hays, Reading Backwards (Baylor University Press, 2014) 2

P. Leithart, Deep Exegesis (Baylor University Press, 2009) 3

D. K. McKim, A Guide to Contemporary Hermeneutics (Eerdmans, 1986) 2

R. S. Sugirtharajah, ed., Voices From the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World (SPCK, 1991) 2

S. Swain, Trinity, Revelation and Reading (T & T Clark, 2011) 3

A. C. Thiselton, New Horizons in Hermeneutics (Zondervan, 1992) 3

D. Treier, Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture (Baker, 2008) 1

K. J. Vanhoozer, ed., Dictionary for the Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Baker Academic, 2005) 2

T. Ward, Words of Life (IVP Academic, 2009) 2

F. Watson, Text, Church and World (rand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994) 3

---- Reading Scripture with the Church (Baker Academic, 2006) 3

W. Wink, The Bible in Human Transformation (Fortress, 2010) 1

The Christocentric Reading of Scripture

D. A. Carson , ed., The Scriptures Testify about Me ( Crossway, 2013) 1

B. Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching (Baker, 2nd ed. 2005) 1

E. Clowney, Preaching Christ in All of Scripture (Crossway, 2003) 1

R. B. Hays, Reading Backwards (Baylor University Press, 2014) 2

G. A. F. Knight, Christ the Center (Eerdmans, 1999) 2

S. Greidanus, Preaching Christ from the Old Testament (Eerdmans, 1999) 2

G, Goldsworthy, Christ-Centered Biblical Theology (IVP Academic, 2012) 2

---- Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics (IVP Academic, 2006) 2

---- Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture (Eerdmans, 2000) 2

K. Tanner, Christ the Key (Cambridge University Press, 2010) 2

T. F. Torrance, The Mediation of Christ (Helmers & Howard, 1992) 2

M. Williams, How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens: (Zondervan, 2012) 2

Anabaptist Biblical Interpretation

T. N. Finger, A Contemporary Anabaptist Theology (InterVarsity, 2004) 2

S. Murray, Biblical Interpretation in the Anabaptist Tradition (Herald, 2000) 2

---- The Naked Anabaptist (Herald, 5th Anniversary ed., 2015) 1

L. Pietersen, Reading the Bible After Christendom (Herald, 2012) 2

C. A. Snyder, Anabaptist History and Theology (Pandora, 1995) 2

W. Swartley, ed., Essays on Biblical Interpretation (Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1984) 2

Methodological Issues in Biblical Interpretation

C. Cosgrove, Appealing to Scripture in Moral Debate (Eerdmans, 2002) 2

P. Enns, The Bible Tells Me So…(New York: HarperOne, 2014) 1

S. E. Porter, D. Tomb, eds., Approaches to New Testament Study (Sheffield Academic Press, 1995) 2

D. Flood, Disarming Scripture (Metanoia Books, 2014) 2

H. Frei, The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1974) 3

G. R. Osborne, The Hermeneutical Spiral (InterVarsity, 1991) 2

P. Ricoeur, Essays on Biblical Interpretation (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1980) 3

K. Sparks, God's Word in Human Words (Baker Academic, 2008) 2

A. Thiselton, The Two Horizons (Paternoster, 1980) 3

K. Vanhoozer, Is There a Meaning in this Text? (Zondervan, 1998) 3

F. Watson, Text, Church and World G(rand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994) 3

N.T. Wright, Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issue (HarperOne, 2015) 2

W. Wink, The Bible in Human Transformation (Fortress, 2010) 1

The Bible and Historical-Critical Issues

B. T. Arnold, R. S. Hess, eds., Ancient Israel's History: An Introduction to Issues and Sources, (Baker Academic, 2014) 2

L. R. Bailey, Noah, the Person and the Story in History and Tradition (University of South Carolina Press, 1989) 2

G. Bartholomew, C. S. Evans, M. Healy, M. Rae, eds., Behind the Text: History and Biblical Interpretation (Zondervan, 2003) 2

C. Braaten, History and Hermeneutics (Westminster, 1968) 3

C. Brown, History and Faith (Zondervan, 1987) 2

J. T. Carroll, et al., Faith and History (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990) 3

B. Childs, Biblical Theology in Crisis (Westminster, 1979) 2

---- Myth and Reality in the Old Testament (Allenson, 1960) 3

P. R. Davies, In Search of "Ancient Israel" (T&T Clark, 1992) 3

J. D. G. Dunn, Unity and Diversity in the New Testament (Trinity, 2nd ed., 1990 [1977]) 2

P. Enns, The Evolution of Adam ( Brazos, 2012) 2

---- Inspiration and Incarnation: Evangelicals and the Problem of the Old Testament (Baker Academic, 2005) 2

---- The Bible and the Believer: How to Read the Bible Critically and Religiously (Oxford University Press, 2012) 2

R. A. Harrisville, W. Sundberg, The Bible in Modern Culture: Baruch Spinoza to Brevard Childs (Eerdmans, 2^nd ed.; 2002 [1995]) 3

D. H. Fischer, Historians' Fallacies (Harper & Row, 1970) 3

H. Frei, The Eclipse of the Biblical Narrative (Yale University Press, 1974) 3

J. Goldingay, Key Questions About Biblical Interpretation (Baker Academic, 2011) 2

Van A. Harvey, The Historian and the Believer (Macmillan, 1969) 3

T. L. Haskell, Objectivity Is Not Neutrality (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000) 3

J. K. Hoffmeier, D. R. Magary, eds., Do Historical Matters Matter to Faith? (Crossway, 2012) 2

J. P. Hyatt, ed., The Bible in Modern Scholarship (Abingdon, 1965) 2

N. P. Lemche, The Old Testament Between Theology and History (Westminster John Knox, 2008) 3

J. D. Levenson, The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism (Westminster John Knox, 1993) 3

P. V. Long, The Art of Biblical History (Eerdmans, 1994) 3

D. Lowenthal, The Past is a Foreign Country (Cambridge University Press, 1985) 3

C.R. North, The Old Testament Interpretation of History (Epworth Press, 1946) 3

G. W. Ramsey, The Quest for the Historical Israel (SCM, 1982) 3

J. A. T. Robinson, Redating the New Testament (Westminster, 1976) 2

W. Ryan, W. Pitman, Noah's Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries about the Event That Changed History (Simon & Schuster, 1998) 2

R. J. Shafer, ed., A Guide to Historical Method (Dorsey, rev. ed.,1974 [1969]) 3

J. L. Sheler, Is the Bible True? (New York: HaperSanFrancisco, 1999) 2

K. Sparks, God's Word in Human Words (Baker Academic, 2008) 2

H. Sun, et.al. eds., Problems in Biblical Theology (Eerdmans, 1997) 2

I. Wilson, Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization (St. Martin's, 2001) 2

W. Wink, The Bible in Human Transformation (Fortress, 2010) 1

Nature and Significance of Oral Traditions

Note: These are works that address the general reliability of oral traditions in non-literate cultures. Greg's interest in this category is based on the commonly held scholarly conviction that most of the content of the Bible, and especially of the Gospels, circulated as oral tradition before being written down.

E. Bakker, A. Kahane Written Voices, Spoken Signs (Harvard University Press, 1997) 3

S. Byrskog Story as History—History as Story: The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History (Mohr-Siebeck, 2000) 3

P. Eddy, G. Boyd, The Jesus Legend (Baker, 2006) 3

L. Honko, Textualization of Oral Epics (Mouton de Gruyter, 2000) 3

L. Honko, J. Handoo, J. M. Foley The Epic: Oral and Written (Central Institute of Indian Languages, 1998) 2

W. Kelber, The Oral and the Written Gospel (Fortress, 1983) 3

T. Lentz, Orality and Literacy in Hellenic Greece (Southern Illinois University Press, 1989) 3

T. C. Mournet, Oral Tradition and Literary Dependence: Variability and Stability in the Synoptic Tradition and Q (Mohr-Siebeck, 2005) 3

D. Niles, Homo Narrans: The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999) 3

D. C. Parker, The Living Text of the Gospels (Cambridge University Press, 1997) 2

E. P. Sanders, M. Davies, Studying the Synoptic Gospels (Trinity, 1989) 3

E. Sienert, M. Cowper-Lewis, N. Bell, eds., Oral Tradition and Its Transmission (University of Natal, 1994) 3

D. Tannen, Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word (Methuen, 1982) 3

L. Tarkka, ed., Dynamics of Tradition (Finnish Literature Society, 2003) 2

P. Thompson, The Voice of the Past: Oral History (Oxford University Press, 2nd ed., 1988 [1978]) 3

E. Tonkin, Narrating Our Pasts (Cambridge University Press, 1992) 2

J. Vansina, Oral Tradition as History (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985) 2

H. Wansborough, Jesus and the Oral Gospel Tradition (Sheffield Academic Press, 1991) 3

R. G. Willis, On Historical Reconstruction from Oral Traditional Sources (Northwestern University Press, 1976) 3

I. Worthington, Voice into Text: Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece (Brill, 1996) 3

F. A. Yates, The Art of Memory (University of Chicago Press, 1966) 2

Commentaries on the Whole Bible

G. W. Baker, J. Watts, R. Martin, eds., Word Bible Commentary Series, 24 Vols (Zondervan, 1977-2015) 2

B. Childs, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments (Fortress, 1993) 2

L. Keck, The New Interpreters Bible Commentary, 10 Vols. (Abingdon, 2015) 2

E. S. Fioenza, ed. Searching the Scriptures, Vol. 2: A Feminist Commentary (Crossroad, 1994) 2

D. Patte, ed., Global Bible Commentary (Abingdon Press, 2004) 2

T. Fornberg, D. Hellholm, eds., Texts and Context: Biblical texts in Their Textual and Situational Contexts (Scandinavian University Press, 1995) 3

L. Russell, ed., Feminist Interpretation of the Bible (Westminster, 1985) 2

V.D. Verbrugg, The NIV Application Commentary Series, 22 Vols (Zondervan, 1996-2015) 1

Biblical Theology

B. Childs, Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments (SCM, 1992) 3

A. A. Das, F. J. Matera, eds., The Forgotten God (Westminster John Knox, 2002) 3

S. J. Draftchick, C. D. Meyers, B. C. Ollenburger, eds., Biblical Theology (Abingdon, 1995) 2

R. Feldmeier, H. Spieckerman, God of the Living: A Biblical Theology (Baylor, 2011) 2

W. Harrington, The Path of Biblical Theology (Macmillan, 1973) 3

H. Sun, et.al. eds., Problems in Biblical Theology (Eerdmans, 1997) 2

W. VanGemeren, The Progress of Redemption (Zondervan Academic, 1988) 2

B. Witherington III, The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible (Baylor, 2007) 3

C. J. H. Wright, The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative (IVP Academic, 2006) 2

Centrality of Covenant in Scripture

W. J. Dumbrell, Covenant and Creation (Paternoster, 1984) 2

P. Gentry, S. J. Wellum, Kingdom through Covenant (Crossroad, 2012) 2

P. J. Grabe, New Covenant, New Community (Paternoster, 2006) 2

W. Hahn, Covenant and Communion (Brazos, 2008) 2

S. Hahn, Kinship by Covenant (Yale University Press, 2009) 3

D. R. Hillers, Covenant: The History of a Biblical Idea (John Hopkins, 1969) 3

M. Horton, Covenant and Eschatology (Westminster John Knox Press, 2002) 3

M. G. Kline, By Oath Consigned (Eerdmans, 1968) 2

----- The Structure of Biblical Authority (Eerdmans, 1972) 3

R. Murray, Cosmic Covenant: Biblical Themes of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (Sheed & Ward, 1992) 3

---- J. Niehaus, God at Sinai: Covenant and Theophany in the Bible and the Ancient Near East (Zondervan, 1995) 3

R. Rendtorff, Canon and Theology (Fortress, 1993) 2

M. Smith, The Power of the Blood Covenant (Harrison House, 2006) 2

S. Swain, Trinity, Revelation and Reading (T & T Clark, 2011) 3

K. Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine (Westminster John Knox Press, 1995) 3

P. R. Williamson, Sealed with an Oath (InterVarsity, 2007) 2

N. Weeks, Admonition and Curse: The Ancient Near Eastern Treaty/Covenant Form as a Problem in Inter-Cultural Relationships (T & T Clark, 2004) 3

N.T. Wright, The Climax of the Covenant (Fortress, 1991) 2

Cosmic Conflict/ Spiritual Warfare in Scripture

A. R. Angel, Chaos and the Son of Man: (T&T Clark, 2006) 3

C. Arnold, Powers of Darkness (InterVarsity, 1992) 2

C. Auffarth, L. T. Stuckenbruck, The Fall of the Angels (Brill, 2004) 2

B. Batto, Slaying the Dragon (Westminser John Knox, 1992) 3

.J Bandstra, The Law and the Elements of the World: An Exegetical Study in Aspects of Paul's Teaching (Kok, 1964) 3

J. Beilby, P. R. Eddy, Understanding Spiritual Warfare: Four Views (BakerAcademic, 2012) 2

O. Blocker, O. Böcher, Christus Exorcista (Kohlhammer, 1972) 3

---- Dämonenfurcht und Dämonebabwehr (Kohlhammer, 1970) 3

---- Das Neue Testament und die dämonischen Mächte (Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1972) 3

G. Boyd, God at War (InterVarsity, 1997) 3

---- Satan and the Problem of Evil (InterVarsity, 2001) 3

C. Caird, Principalities and Powers: A Study in Pauline Theology (Clarendon, 1956) 2

J. Clifford, The Cosmic Mountain in Canaan and the Old Testament (Harvard University Press, 1972) 3

D. Cole, ed, Servant God: The Cosmic Conflict Over God's Trustworthiness (Loma Linda University Press, 2013) 2

F. Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973) 3

P. L. Day, An Adversary in Heaven (Scholars Press, 1995) 2

J. Day, God's Conflict With the Dragon and the Sea: Echoes of a Canaanite Myth in the Old Testament (Cambridge University Press, 1985) 3

---- Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan (Sheffield Academic Press, 2000) 3

V. Eller, Christian Anarchy: Jesus' Primacy over the Powers (Eerdmans, 1987) 2

N. Forsyth, The Old Enemy: Satan and the Combat Myth (Princeton University Press, 1987) 2

R. S. Fyall, Now My Eyes Have Seen You: Images of Creation and Evil in the Book of Job (InterVarsity, 2002) 3

E. Ferguson, Demonology of the Early Christian World (Edwin Mellen Press, 1984) 3

K. Wa Gatumu, The Pauline Concept of Supernatural Powers (Paternoster, 2008) 2

S. Garret, The Demise of the Devil: Magic and the Demonic in Luke's Writings (Fortress, 1989) 3

H. Gunkel, Schöpfung und Chaos in Urzeit und Endzeit: Eine religiongeschichtliche Unterruschung über Gen 1 und Ap Job 12 (Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1895) 3

A. H. van den Heuvel, Those Rebellious Powers (Friendship, 1965) 2

K. van der Horn, ed., Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (Brill, 1999) 3

R. A. Johnson, "The Old Testament Background for Paul's Use of 'Principalities and Powers'"(Ph.D. Diss. Dallas Theological Seminary, 2004) 3

J. Kallas, Jesus and the Power of Satan (Westminster, 1968) 2

---- The Significance of the Synoptic Miracles (Seabury Press, 1961) 2

S.-M. Kang, Divine War in the Old Testament and in the Ancient Near East (de Gruyter, 1989) 3

H. Kaupel, Die Dämonen im Alten Testament (B. Fisher, 1930) 3

H. A. Kelley, The Devil at Baptism: Ritual, Theology and Drama (Cornel University Press, 1965) 2

M. Klingbeil, Yahweh Fighting From Heaven: God as Warrior and as God of Heaven in the Hebrew Psalter and Ancient Near East Iconography (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1999) 3

C. Kloos, Yhwh's Combat with the Sea: A Canaanite Tradition in the Religion of Ancient Israel (Brill, 1986) 3

A. König, New and Greater Things (University of South Africa Press, 1988) 2

E. Langton, Essentials of Demonology (Epworth, 1949) 2

R. Leivestad, Christ the Conqueror: Ideas of Conflict and Victory in the New Testament (Macmillan, 1954) 2

J. Levenson, Creation and the Persistence of Evil (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1988) 3

M. C. Lind, Yahweh is a Warrior (Herald, 1980) 3

T. Ling, The Significance of Satan (SPCK, 1961) 2

T. Longman, III, D. G. Reid, God is a Warrior (Zondervan, 1995) 2

B. Magyarosi, Holy War and Cosmic Conflict in the Old Testament (Lithotech, 2010) 3

P. Middleton, Radical Martyrdom and Cosmic Conflict in Early Christianity (T&T Clark, 2006) 3

P.D. Miller, The Divine Warrior in Early Israel (Harvard University Press, 1973) 3

T. Mullen Jr., The Assembly of the Gods: The Divine Council in Canaanite and Early Hebrew Literature (Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1980) 3

S. E. Noll, Angels of Light, Powers of Darkness (InterVarsity, 1998) 2

H. R. Page, The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion (Brill, 1996) 3

J. Russell, The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1977) 2

---- Satan: The Early Christian Tradition (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1981) 2

G. E. Smith, The Evolution of the Dragon (Manchester University Press, 1919) 2

E. Theile, M. Theile, Job and the Devil (Pacific Press, 1988) 1

G. Twelftree, Jesus the Exorcist (Mohr Siebeck, 1993) 3

---- In the Name of Jesus: Exorcism Among Early Christians (Baker, 2007) 2

P. G. R. de Villers, Like a Roaring Lion (University of South Africa, 1987) 2

M. K. Wakeman, God's Battle With the Monster (Brill, 1973) 3

G. Wingren, The Living Word (Muhlenberg, 1960 [1949]) 2

W. Wink.. Naming the Powers (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984) 3

A. Yarbro Collins, The Combat Myth in the Book of Revelation (Scholars Press, 1976) 3

T. R. Yoder Neufeld, 'Put on the Armour of God': The Divine Warrior from Isaiah to Ephesians (Sheffield Academic, 1997) 3

The "Dark Side" of Scripture

Note: These are works that address problematic and offensive aspects of the Bible, such as its violent portraits of God, its sexism, and its condoning of slavery. While Evangelicals typically try to minimize or attempt to explain away the offensive ugliness of this material, Greg instead contends that Christians should honestly acknowledge the full extent of the offensive ugliness of this material. In his forthcoming book, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Greg argues that, when this material is interpreted in light of the cross , we can discern how the ugliness of this material bears witness to the God who bore the horrific ugliness of our sin on Calvary.

L. Barret, The Way God Fights: War and Peace in the Old Testament (Eerdmans, 1978) 2

M. Bergmann, M. J. Murray, M. C. Rea, eds., Divine Evil?: (Oxford University Press, 2011) 3

D. Bernat, J. Klawans, eds. Religion and Violence: The Biblical Heritage (Sheffield Phoenix, 2007) 3

K. Berthelot, J. E. David, M. Hirshman, The Gift of the Land and the Fate of the Canaanites in Jewish Thought (Oxford University Press, 2014) 3

D. G. Bloesch, Is the Bible Sexist? (Wipf & Stock, 2001) 2

D. Blumenthal, Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest (Westminster John Knox, 1993) 3

G. Boyd, The Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Volumes 1 & 2 (Fortress Press, 2017) 3

--- God at War (InterVarsity, 1996) 3

--- Satan and the Problem of Evil (2001) 3

W. Brueggeman, Divine Presence Amid Violence (Cascade, 2009) 2

M. M. Campbell, Light on the Dark Side of God (Truth For the Final Generation, 2003 [1989]) 1

R. P. Carroll, Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: the Bible as a Problem for Christianity (SPCK, 1991) 3