Developing Biblical Interpretation
Monday June 13 th to Friday 17 th June 2022
The Bible is a vital document for the church, for theological reflection and for ministry within the church. The narratives, images, concepts and values of the Bible form and shape Christian practice and ministry (whether ‘professional’ or ‘lay’). Relating the Bible relevantly and appropriately to contemporary individual and community contexts requires a range of exegetical skills and hermeneutical sensitivities. Students studying on this module will be expected to develop not just exegetical skills, but a critical hermeneutical awareness of how the Bible can be appropriated in contemporary contexts. Students will also be expected to reflect critically on the factors that have influenced how they have approached and appropriated the Bible in a variety of contexts.
Tutor for this module
Dr. Craig Blomberg
Dr. Craig Blomberg joined the faculty of Denver Seminary in 1986. He is currently a distinguished professor of New Testament. Dr. Blomberg completed his PhD in New estament, specializing in the parables and the writings of Luke-Acts, at Aberdeen University in Scotland. He received an MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and a BA from Augustana College. Before joining the faculty of Denver Seminary, he taught at Palm Beach Atlantic College and was a research fellow in Cambridge, England with Tyndale House.
In addition to writing numerous articles in professional journals, multi-author works and dictionaries or encyclopaedias, he has authored or edited 20 books, including The Historical Reliability of the Gospels, Interpreting the Parables, commentaries on Matthew, 1 Corinthians and James, Jesus and the Gospels,
An Introduction and Survey, From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts through Revelation, Christians in an Age of Wealth
A Biblical Theology of Stewardship, Neither Poverty nor Riches
A Biblical Theology of Possessions, Making Sense of the New Testament
Three Crucial Questions, Preaching the Parables, Contagious Holiness
Jesus’ Meals with Sinners, and Handbook of New Testament Exegesis