The Hermeneutics of the Biblical Writers
Learning to Interpret Scripture from the Prophets and Apostles

La premisa de este libro es que hay una continuidad hermenéutica entre los profetas y apóstoles. Los apóstoles no reinterpretaron el antiguo pacto, sino que lo interpretaron correctamente en su contexto tanto histórico como teológico. El Dr. Chou defiende su tesis al examinar los pasajes más difícil......more

I saw that there was a book on hermeneutics coming out by Abner Chou. I thought his name sounded familiar, looked it up and remembered that I had listened to a message by him a while back, critiquing the Christocentric hermeneutic and thought that it was pretty good. Therefore I wanted to see how Ch......more

At times a little difficult to read. By his own admission, the author speaks much better than he writes - knowing him as a professor, I can attest to that - but the content of this book is no less powerful or necessary because of the writing style. This book has had a significant impact on the way I......more

Summary: An argument for interpreting the Bible in the way the prophetic and apostolic writers interpreted prior texts, using careful exegesis to understand authorial intent, working intertextually, discerning the theological meaning, and its significance for the current day. Readers of the Bible enc......more

Having read widely in this field, I feel like this text does not deal with many of the main issues it raises. The writer leaves some key vocabulary un-defined and utilizes "intertextuality" even though the author concedes that there is much debate on the usefulness of the term. The book is not well......more