The "plainly revealed" Word of God?
Subtitle: Baptist hermeneutics in theory and practice
By: edited by Helen Dare and Simon Woodman
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780881462371
Subjects: Doctrines; Bible; Baptists; Hermeneutics
Notes: Rev. proceedings of a colloquium held in Jan. 2009 in Cardiff, Wales.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section 1. Baptist biblical engagement reviewed; title: (Early) Baptist identity and the Acts of the Apostles : hermeneutical insights from the Baptists' Bible project / Mikeal C. Parsons; title: A sample of Baptist contributions to Johannine scholarship (1940-2010) / R. Alan Culpepper; title: Prophecy, corporate personality, and suffering : some themes and methods in Baptist Old Testament scholarship / Paul Fiddes; title: Response to Paul Fiddes / Rex Mason; title: Section 2. Baptist biblical encounters analysed :; title: Gathering around the word : Baptists, scripture, and worship / Christopher J. Ellis; title: The Bible in the flesh : pragmatism and community in Lewis Misselbrook's Bible study notes / Simon Perry; title: Hermeneutics : the interface between critical scholarship and the faith of the community / Rex Mason; title: Section 3. Baptist biblical hermeneutics explored; title: Baptists and biblical interpretation : reading the Bible with Christ / Ian Birch; title: Baptistic convictional hermeneutics / Parush R. Parushev; title: The word of his grace : what's so distinctive about scripture? / John E. Colwell; title: Section 4. Baptist interpretative difference negotiated; title: The dissenting voice : journeying together toward a Baptist hermeneutic / Simon Woodman; title: "In the fray" : reading the Bible in relationship / Helen Dare; title: Persuading friends : friendship and testimony in Baptist interpretative communities / Sean Winter; title: Section 5. Baptist hermeneutics in wider perspective; title: The grammar of Baptist assent / Brian Brock; title: In appreciation of "reluctant" prophets / William John Lyons.