A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period (Biblia.com)

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At first glance, it may seem strange that after more than two thousand years of biblical interpretation there are still major disagreements among biblical scholars about what the Jewish and Christian Scriptures say, and about how one is to read and understand them. Yet the range of interpretive approaches now available is the result both of the richness of the biblical texts themselves and of...

texts have meaning lying behind the literal meaning. Elements within a narrative are given significance and referents from outside the narrative. In Gal. 4:21–5:1 Paul equates the slave Hagar, the mother of Ishmael, with Mount Sinai, Jerusalem, and Christians who want to observe Jewish law; and he equates Sarah, mother of Isaac, with the heavenly Jerusalem and Christians who want to be free from the Jewish law. What is crucial to note is that the use of Israel’s Scriptures in all modes of Christian

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