with the
Great Tradition
Recovering the Genius of Premodern Exegesis
Craig A. Carter
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Carter, Craig A., 1956– author.
Title: Interpreting scripture with the great tradition : recovering the genius of premodern exegesis / Craig A. Carter.
Description: Grand Rapids : Baker Publishing Group, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017050533 | ISBN 9780801098727 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Bible—Criticism, interpretation, etc.—History.
Classification: LCC BS511.3 .C3775 2018 | DDC 220.601—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017050533
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2016
John Bainbridge Webster
(1955–2016)
beloved mentor and teacher,
who spoke and wrote so profoundly about our God
and who now beholds him face to face
“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you.”
1. Who Is the Suffering Servant? The Crisis in Contemporary Hermeneutics
The Gulf between Academic Hermeneutics and Church Preaching
How Such a Gulf Developed between Church and Academy
Can This Gulf Be Overcome? Promising Developments in Recent Scholarship
Part 1: Theological Hermeneutics
2. Toward a Theology of Scripture
3. The Theological Metaphysics of the Great Tradition
What Is Theological Metaphysics?
How Is Christian Platonism Related to Platonism in General?
The Modern Rejection of Christian Platonism
4. The History of Biblical Interpretation Reconsidered
The Orthodox Consensus: Exegesis of Scripture in the Great Tradition
The Great Disruption: Exegesis of Scripture in Modernity
How the Narrative Needs to Be Revised
Part 2: Recovering Premodern Exegesis
5. Reading the Bible as a Unity Centered on Jesus Christ
Biblical Interpretation Is a Spiritual Discipline: Ambrose of Milan
The Apostles Are Our Models: Justin Martyr
The Rule of Faith Is Our Guide: Irenaeus
6. Letting the Literal Sense Control All Meaning
The Spiritual Meaning Grows out of the Literal Sense: Augustine
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About Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Premodern ExegesisThe rise of modernity, especially the European Enlightenment and its aftermath, has negatively impacted the way we understand the nature and interpretation of Christian Scripture. In this introduction to biblical interpretation, Craig Carter evaluates the problems of post-Enlightenment hermeneutics and offers an alternative approach: exegesis in harmony with the Great Tradition of Christian interpretation. Addressing the growing gulf between academic hermeneutics and the preaching ministry of the church, Carter proposes major reforms to our theory of biblical interpretation in order to bring our theory into line with our practice. He argues for the validity of patristic christological exegesis, showing that we must recover the Nicene theological tradition as the context for contemporary exegesis, and seeks to root both the nature and interpretation of Scripture firmly in trinitarian orthodoxy. Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition will be useful in hermeneutics, biblical interpretation, and theology courses. |
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