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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Introduction to Biblical HermeneuticsThe Search for MeaningBy Walter C. Kaiser Jr. Moiss SilvaZondervanCopyright © 2007Walter C. Kaiser Jr. and Moiss SilvaAll right reserved.ISBN: 978-0-310-27951-8ContentsPreface to the First Edition......................................................................9Preface to the Second Edition.....................................................................12Abbreviations.....................................................................................14Part 1. The Search for Meaning: Initial Directions1. Who Needs Hermeneutics Anyway?.................................................................172. The Meaning of Meaning.........................................................................293. Let's Be Logical: Using and Abusing Language...................................................494. How Do the Parts Fit the Whole? The Tool of Biblical Theology..................................675. Must We Go "Beyond" the Bible? The Theological Use of the Bible................................836. Does the New Testament Accurately Use the Old Testament?.......................................957. Why Get Entangled with Historical Interpretation? The Role of History..........................107Part 2. Understanding the Text: Meaning in Literary Genres8. "I Will Remember the Deeds of the Lord": The Meaning of Narrative..............................1239. "My Heart Is Stirred by a Noble Theme": The Meaning of Poetry and Wisdom.......................13910. "But These Are Written That You May Believe": The Meaning of the Gospels......................15711. How to Read a Letter: The Meaning of the Epistles.............................................17312. What about the Future? The Meaning of Prophecy................................................191Part 3. Responding to the Text: Meaning and Application13. "As the Deer Pants for Streams of Water": The Devotional Use of the Bible.....................21314. Obeying the Word: The Cultural Use of the Bible...............................................22315. Putting It All Together: The Theological Use of the Bible.....................................241Part 4. The Search for Meaning: Further Challenges16. A Short History of Interpretation.............................................................25717. Contemporary Approaches to Biblical Interpretation............................................27518. The Case for Calvinistic Hermeneutics.........................................................29519. Concluding Observations.......................................................................321Glossary..........................................................................................333Annotated Bibliography............................................................................337Scripture Index...................................................................................339Name Index........................................................................................345Subject Index.....................................................................................347Chapter OneWho Needs Hermeneutics Anyway? Moiss Silva * * * The term hermeneutics (as well as its more ambiguous and even mysterious cousin, hermeneutic) has become increasingly popular in recent decades. As a result, it has been pulled and stretched every which way. With so many writers using the word, it seems to behave as a moving target, and some readers have been known to suffer attacks of anxiety as they seek, in vain, to pin it down and figure out what it means. Its traditional meaning is relatively simple: the discipline that deals with principles of interpretation Some writers like to call it the science of interpretation; others prefer to speak of the art of interpretation (perhaps with the implication, "Either you've got it or you don't!") Apart from such differences of perspect
