To Hear the Word

by Yoder, John Howard; Gorman, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9781606089286
• ISBN10: 1606089285
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

Second Edition of To Hear the Word:

Author Biography

John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) earned his PhD from the University of Basel and taught theology at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries and the University of Notre Dame. For nineteen years he served the Mennonite Fellowship in church relations and education. His published books include The Politics of Jesus, The Priestly Kingdom, When War Is Unjust, What Would You Do?, and He Came Preaching Peace.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Publisher's Preface to the 2009 Edition	p. xxi
Publisher's Preface to the 2001 Edition	p. xxiii
Exegetical Exercises
"There is a Whole New World": The Apostle's Apology Revisited	p. 1
The Moral Axioms of the Kingdoms Coming	p. 25
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" (Exodus 20:13)	p. 38
Reading with Care
The Utility of Being Misunderstood	p. 49
The Use of the Bible in Theology	p. 77
The Authority of the Canon	p. 94
How to "Do Ethics from a Base Clearly in the New Testament"	p. 120
Is Not his Word Like a Fire? The Bible and Civil Turmoil	p. 128
Validation by Induction	p. 142
The Way to Scholasticism and Back	p. 148
From the Archives
The Message of the Bible on its Own Terms	p. 155
Straightforwardness about Jesus: A Hermeneutic Apologia	p. 178
Addendum: Karl Barth and "Biblical Realism"	p. 192
The Hermeneutic Problem	p. 195
Obiter Scripta, Reading Carefully: A Bibliography of John Howard Yoder's Scriptural Studies	p. 204
Epilogue: On Being Read by Richard Hays	p. 207
Appendix: The Hermeneutics of the Anabaptists	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 239
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