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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...

In like manner, the major and minor prophets refer to past revelation. Most of prophetic literature explicitly alludes to various laws in the Pentateuch (Isa. 1:17; Jer. 3:1; Ezek. 8:9–10; cf. Ex. 22:22; Deut. 24:1–4; Lev. 11:29–31, respectively). On top of this, Isaiah makes allusions to the first Exodus in light of presenting a new and ultimate one to come (Isa. 43:18–19; cf. Ex. 14:1–31). Jeremiah alludes to Isaiah’s depiction of the final king (Jer. 23:5; cf. Isa. 4:2) as well as develops Moses’s
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