Biblical Interpretation: A Roadmap is a guide to discovering and asking the key questions - about biblical texts, about readers of the Bible, and about the interaction of the two - that forms the basis of biblical interpretation today. These questions are organized around three fundamental assumptions that govern the authors' approach to reading the Bible: the biblical texts arise from particular historical, social, and cultural settings: the reader likewise reads from a specific setting; and neither the diversity of the texts nor the multitude of readers stands in isolation one from the other. Tiffany and Ringe here offer an approach to biblical interpretation that takes both the texts and the reading context seriously, guiding and encouraging readers to draw upon the expertise and authority of their own life experiences and contexts. They also recognize that wide-ranging experiences and contexts are necessarily involved in biblical interpretation, showing how critical engagement with those contexts, in all their historical, social, and cultural diversity, is itself an unavoidable and invaluable part of the interpretative process.

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10

(1)

Preface

11

(2)

An Introduction to This Roadmap

13

(1)

Basic Assumptions Underlying the Process of Reading

14

(2)

Learning to ``Love the Questions''

16

(2)

The Design of This Roadmap

18

(7)

PART 1: THE ROADMAP

Locating the Readers and the Reading Context

25

(30)

Beginning the Journey at Home

25

(3)

``Contexts'' of Biblical Interpretation

28

(3)

Contexts Within Contexts: Readings and Counter-Readings

31

(3)

Biblical Interpretation as a Group Project

34

(3)

Selecting the Biblical Text

37

(4)

Factors That Define the Context of a Group

41

(7)

The Role of the Spirit in Interpretation

48

(5)

Taking Stock of Where We Are

53

(2)

Encountering the Biblical Text: Read, Feel, Question, React

55

(12)

First Impressions

55

(1)

Being Attentive to the Biblical Text

56

(5)

Remembering Past and Other Experiences with the Text

61

(5)

Taking Stock of Where We Are

66

(1)

A Close Reading of the Biblical Text: Steps in the Process

67

(22)

Going Forward by Circling Around

68

(1)

On Text and Reality: Words of Caution and Affirmation

69

(3)

Preparing a Translation of the Text

72

(2)

Identifying the Shape of the Text

74

(2)

Comparing with Texts of Similar Material

76

(2)

Refining the Questions

78

(9)

Taking Stock of Where We Are

87

(2)

Reading Contextually: Finding the Passage in Its Place

89

(22)

Considering the Literary Context

90

(5)

Locating the Social Context

95

(13)

Taking Stock of Where We Are

108

(3)

Engaging the Text, Other Readers, and Our Communities

111

(20)

Engaging the Text

111

(4)

Entering into Dialogue with Other Readers

115

(5)

Taking Stock of Where We Are

120

(4)

A Final Word

124

(7)

PART 2: ADDITIONAL SAMPLE TEXTS

Introductory Note to Part 2

129

(2)

Numbers 10:11-12:16

131

(18)

Locating the Readers and the Reading Context

131

(3)

Encountering the Biblical Text: Read, Feel, Question, React

134

(3)

A Close Reading of the Biblical Text: Steps in the Process

137

(6)

Reading Contextually: Finding the Passage in Its Place

143

(1)

Engaging the Text, Other Readers, and Our Communities

144

(5)

Jeremiah 22:24-23:8

149

(16)

Locating the Readers and the Reading Context

149

(4)

Encountering the Biblical Text: Read, Feel, Question, React

153

(1)

A Close Reading of the Biblical Text: Steps in the Process

154

(5)

Reading Contextually: Finding the Passage in Its Place

159

(2)

Engaging the Text, Other Readers, and Our Communities

161

(4)

Psalm 77

165

(16)

Locating the Readers and the Reading Context

165

(2)

Encountering the Biblical Text: Read, Feel, Question, React

167

(2)

A Close Reading of the Biblical Text: Steps in the Process

169

(6)

Reading Contextually: Finding the Passage in Its Place

175

(2)

Engaging the Text, Other Readers, and Our Communities

177

(4)

Mark 3:1-6

181

(12)

Locating the Readers and the Reading Context

181

(2)

Encountering the Biblical Text: Read, Feel, Question, React

183

(1)

A Close Reading of the Biblical Text: Steps in the Process

184

(4)

Reading Contextually: Finding the Passage in Its Place

188

(3)

Engaging the Text, Other Readers, and Our Communities

191

(2)

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

193

(12)

Locating the Readers and the Reading Context

193

(3)

Encountering the Biblical Text: Read, Feel, Question, React

196

(1)

Reading Contextually: Finding the Passage in Its Place

196

(2)

A Close Reading of the Biblical Text: Steps in the Process

198

(2)

Engaging the Text, Other Readers, and Our Communities

200

(5)

PART 3: ISSUES AND RESOURCES IN INTERPRETATION

Some Issues in Biblical Interpretation

205

(20)

Identifying the Issues

205

(1)

Reflections on Our Context and the Questions

206

(7)

Reflections on Other Contexts and the Questions

213

(4)

Reflections on ``Right'' Readings

217

(6)

Concluding Reflections

223

(2)

Selected Resources for Biblical Studies

225

(10)

Bibles

225

(2)

Concordances

227

(1)

Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

228

(1)

Bible Atlases

228

(1)

Introductions to the Hebrew Bible and to the New Testament

229

(1)

One-Volume Commentaries

230

(1)

Commentary Series

231

(1)

Journals

232

(2)

The Arts

234

(1)

Academic Disciplines of ``Biblical Criticism''

235

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