Pedagogy of the Bible: An Analysis and Proposal

by Dale B. Martin

Overview

For generations, most seminary teaching of the Bible has focused on the historical-critical method. While this method has been the standard in almost every seminary curriculum, the effects of this approach to Scripture have hardly been examined. From examining the biblical studies courses at ten different seminaries and divinity schools, Dale Martin learned what faculties were doing and what students were hearing. This book presents his discoveries, offering the best-ever inside look at the teaching of the Bible for ministry.

Going beyond mere description, Martin argues for a new emphasis on interpreting Scripture within the context of church history and theology. Such a reading would be more theological, more integrated into the whole theological curriculum, and more theoretical (as it would focus on what's at stake in interpretation); however, Martin surprisingly argues, it would be more practical at the same time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664233068
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	07/03/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dale B. Martin is Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation and Pedagogy of the Bible: An Analysis and Proposal, both published by WJK.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments     ix
The Bible in Theological Education     1
Readers and Texts     29
Premodern Biblical Interpretation     47
Theological Interpretation of Scripture     71
Curricular Dreams     93
Notes     111
Bibliography     121
Scripture Index     125
Author and Subject Index     127