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Reading Scripture Canonically: Theological Instincts for Old Testament Interpretation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Mark Gignilliat, a veteran teacher of the Old Testament, explores the theological instincts that are necessary for reading, understanding, and communicating Scripture faithfully. Reading Scripture closely requires more than historical tools, says Gignilliat; it requires recognition of the living God’s promised presence through the Bible. He takes seriously the gains of historical criticism,...

It’s easy enough to sit in an ivory academic tower and pontificate on what “the Church” should be doing. I live in that rarified world where exegetical detail and theological pursuits define the joys and priorities of the community: a divinity school. I warn my students against a seminarian’s ego and the dangers of abusing knowledge as a pastoral will to power. And I could continue in my efforts to qualify what I’m about to say, disabusing the reader against any hint of arrogant or smug
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