Methods in Studying the Biblical Text Today

Authors

John Reumann, Luther Theological Seminary, Philadelphia

Publication Date

11-1-1969

Document Type

Article

Keywords

hermeneutics, preaching, catholic, criticism, lutheran

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

A rich variety of methods exists today for studying Scripture - text criticism, philology, literary criticism; source, form, and redaction criticism, Religionsgeschichte, and a host of other "Geschichten" - so that the Bible is probably the world's most closely and minutely studied book. But how can all these techniques be put together into a method, in the classical sense of meth' hodos, a "way" "after" something, a way for getting from one point to another, from the text to the practical goal that concerns us here, proclaiming or communicating the text today?

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Reumann, John (1969) "Methods in Studying the Biblical Text Today," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 40, Article 63.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol40/iss1/63