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Introducing Theological Interpretation of Scripture: Recovering a Christian Practice is unavailable, but you can change that!

In the wake of the schism during the past two centuries between biblical studies and theology, a new movement has developed, seeking to bridge this modern gap. This hermeneutical movement, which hearkens back to aspects of pre-critical interpretation, has been labeled the theological interpretation of Scripture (TIS) and focuses on the contexts of canon, creed, and church. While the trend is in...

premodern Catholic approach were Origen and Augustine. Origen was one of the church fathers who interacted with Greek philosophy; while pursuing careful interpretation using the literary tools of his day, he also appropriated allegory for reading Scripture as a spiritual practice. In On Christian Teaching Augustine continued in this vein, carefully plundering his culture’s rules of reading and rhetoric for Christ’s sake, as the Israelites had done with the gold of the Egyptians. The resulting hermeneutics
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