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The Hermeneutics of the Biblical Writers: Learning to Interpret Scripture from the Prophets and Apostles is unavailable, but you can change that!

A method of interpretation—a hermeneutic—is indispensable for understanding Scripture, constructing theology, and living the Christian life, but most contemporary hermeneutical systems fail to acknowledge the principles and practices of the biblical writers themselves. Christians today cannot employ a truly biblical view of the Bible unless they understand why the prophets and apostles...

certain contexts reminds one of God’s revelation of his name in Exodus 34:6–8.8 In those passages (Ps. 86:16; 103:8; 136:1; 145:8), the psalmist does not provide a formal quotation, but the link is still present. Accordingly, the prophets use unique words, phrases, motifs, concepts, places, and events to generate allusions. These less overt appeals are still part of how the prophets interfaced with past revelation. Thus, scholars are correct in saying intertextuality is pervasive in the Old Testament;
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