The Fathers of the Church recognize that the written Scriptures require interpretation. The written texts occasionally are self- evident in their meaning and can be read at face value, but often they ...

The occurrence of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks), which is observed this year at the end of May and is associated in Jewish tradition with the giving of the Ten Commandments and of ...

MEADVILLE, Pa., Dec. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "Bible Prophecy: Interpreting Scripture according to the Scriptures": a hard-hitting book challenging the status quo on prophecy using the Bible ...

Throughout the history of Christianity, followers of Jesus have earnestly sought to interpret Scripture faithfully and objectively, often believing they were applying rigorous, objective methods to ...

Trends in biblical interpretation come and go, even while the basic text has endured for almost two millennia. New and forthcoming biblical studies books can’t leave the apostle Paul alone, continue ...

The Catholic view of authority and Holy Scripture is not about some ubiquitous churchman looking over everyone’s shoulder so that they would interpret each verse exactly as the Church says it ought to ...

Edward Sri is provost and professor of Scripture at the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado, and is the author of several books, including The Bible Compass: A Catholic’s Guide to Navigating the ...

As we mark the 50th anniversary of “Dei Verbum,” the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, promulgated by Pope Paul VI on Nov. 18, 1965, we note that one effect has been increased study of and ...

The following are the basic Biblical interpretative methods which I offer as guidelines for your Bible study. For a clear understanding, please make sure you grab last week’s and next week’s articles.

For students hoping to become pastors in the Presbyterian Church (USA), the exegesis exam is already stressful. The dayslong exam—which requires students to answer multiple essay questions about a ...