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“The issue of Israel’s eschatological suffering is the issue of Israel’s eschatological salvation and deliverance.”

— Dalton Lifsey

“Scriptural interpretation is properly an ecclesial activity whose goal is to participate in the reality of which the text speaks by bending the knee…

— Ellen F. Davis

The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for…

— Troy Perry

“Those who devote themselves to the study of Sacred Scripture should always remember that the various hermeneutical approaches have their own philosophical underpinnings, which…

— John Paul II

“As part of our interpretive task, then, we must distinguish between kingdom values and cultural values within the biblical text. With every change in…

— William J. Webb

“allegorical interpretation. This was one of the most influential approaches to biblical interpretation until the Reformation of the sixteenth century. The roots of allegorical…

— Nathan P. Feldmeth

“Biblical expositors are not pining away in their studies searching for ways to bring relevancy to their message. They don’t need to. The Bible…

— David R. Helm

Reading and understanding the Bible involves lots and lots of interpretation. Not just in light of the world and culture around us, but in…

— John Piper

“essential Christian beliefs are not affected by textual variants in the manuscript tradition of the New Testament.”

— Craig Blomberg

“He is always careful to take account of the unity and harmony of Scripture teaching. His expositions are not therefore afflicted with the vice…

— John Calvin

“What we think of as the twenty-seven books of “the” New Testament emerged out of these conflicts, and it was the side that won…

— Bart D. Ehrman

Anybody who has read any biblical scholarship knows that every scholar struggles over completely intractable problems with the original texts, or what they have…

— Marilynne Robinson