Abusing Scripture
by Brauch, Manfred T.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-05-01
Publisher(s): Ivp Academic
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Summary
When we misinterpret and misapply the Bible, the church and its witness can be damaged significantly. Such abuse not only distorts the meaning of Scripture but also drains the vitality out of Christian presence in the world. New Testament scholar Manfred Brauch helps us recognize the kinds of misreadings that have been circulating so that we might repent, and more faithfully listen to and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Manfred T. Brauch (Ph.D., McMaster University) is retired professor of biblical theology and past president of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (now Palmer Theological Seminary) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Set Free to Be and Hard Sayings of Paul and a contributor to Hard Sayings of the Bible.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 9 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 13 |
| Introduction | p. 15 |
| The Nature of Scripture | p. 23 |
| The Abuse of The Whole Gospel | p. 33 |
| The Abuse of Selectivity | p. 46 |
| The Abuse of Biblical Balance | p. 81 |
| The Abuse of Words | p. 119 |
| The Abuse of Context: Literary and Theological | p. 160 |
| The Abuse of Context: Historical Situation and Cultural Reality | p. 202 |
| Concluding Reflections and Challenges | p. 250 |
| The Gospel of Personal Salvation and the Social Gospel | p. 257 |
| Views of Women in Intertestamental Judaism and Early Christianity | p. 261 |
| Just-War Theory | p. 266 |
| Letter to President Bush from Evangelical Leaders | p. 268 |
| Expanded Translation/Interpretation of Ephesians 5:21-33 | p. 272 |
| Bibliography | p. 274 |
| Scripture Index | p. 285 |
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