Shema

Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Ehad

Hear, Oh Israel! The Lord is our God! The Lord Alone!

Greatest Commandment

• Deut 6:5 “You shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul and your whole power”

Theological InterpretationListening for the Voice of God

History• When was this lost?

• Johann Salomo Semler (1725-91)

• study bible like any other book

• public use of scripture should be according to reason; private use can be devotional

• Johann Philipp Gabler (1753-1826)

• biblical theology deals with linguistic and historical analysis, different from dogmatic theology

• When was this lost?

• Johann Salomo Semler (1725-91)

• study bible like any other book

• public use of scripture should be according to reason; private use can be devotional

• Johann Philipp Gabler (1753-1826)

• biblical theology deals with linguistic and historical analysis, different from dogmatic theology

• Israel’s Scriptures• LXX• New Testament• Patristic Interpretation

Modern Recovery - Karl Barth Der Römerbrief (1919)Romans Preface

Defining Theological Interpreatation

It is not looking to the Bible as a record of the religion of Israel, Jesus, or the early Christians

It is not mining the Bible for a plurality of non-authoritative readings meeting the interests of my particular community

It is......

Defining Theological Interpreatation

Theological•Biblical interpretation oriented toward the knowledge of God •Aiming to hear the voice of GodOther critcisms usually bracket out a consideration of divine action •It wants to know on the basis of Scripture and in the light of contemporary concerns what we should say and think about God.EcclesialAcademic study of the Bible with a passionate commitment to making this scholarship of use to the church•Highlights how the people of God should respond to the biblical texts•Argues for the role of scripture in the self-understanding of the church and in critical reflection on the church’s practicesConcerns the role of Scripture in the faith and formation of persons and ecclesial communities It is critical, but of readers not the text

Standing in the GapEmphasizes the potentially mutual influence of Scripture and doctrine in theological discourseAims to bridge the gap between reason and faithBiblical studies needs theology

Concerns and Benefits????????

•Is it serious?

•Is it an imposition?

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•find connections

between books and testaments

•puts you into connection with

the church universal

Resources

Dictionary for theological Interpretation of the Bible

Two horizons commentary Brazos Theological Commentary on the BibleStudies in Theological InterpretationAncient Christian Commentary on Scripture The Church’s BibleScripture and Hermeneutics Project

A Costly Freedom• Why Read Mark?

• Spirit guided the Church to include it

• Way Mark tells the story provides theological and spiritual meaning

• Addresses darkness of unbelief

• Failure of leadership

• Force for liberation

• Communicates a vision of God - as the communion of Divine Love described in the Christian tradition as the Trinity

• Assumptions

• Trinity

• KOG=freedom

• Costly for Jesus, God and followers