What Does This Mean (Concordia Scholarship Today)

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The Power of Positive Energy: The Pinnacle of Compassion: Regulation 19 Deadlock Trilogy. Welcome to Rook Mountain, a town with a supernatural secret. Don't break any rules and you'll be fine. Concordia Scholarship Today Hardcover: Concordia Publishing; 2nd Edition edition March 1, Language: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. One caution, you should not make any conclusions till you reach the end.

You could get the wrong idea if you only read part of the book and don't finish it. There's also a free set of lectures by Voelz on iTunes U called Biblical Hermeneutics where he teaches through this text.

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I recommend going through both the book and the lectures. Voelz is brilliant and entertaining. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. For those trying to understand the Scriptures as we now have them, Voelz's work is valuable, though not for the casual reader. This book is well organized and clearly written. Even those who do not read Greek and Hebrew can glean a great deal from this book. A very useful book for those who wonder "who decided which manuscripts to include in the accepted text for the Bible and why were other versions left out?

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Excellent coverage of what hermeneutics of the Bible entails in Post Modernist societies. It is helpful to know the grammar and semantics of several languages, including Greek and Hebrew for this book. One person found this helpful.

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It covers a range of topics including textual criticism, basic theory of semantics and communications, different genres, the origin of scripture and the controls on interpretation provided by a confessional community. Abundant examples using controversial Bible passages accompany the theory demonstrating the care that sound interpretation requires. Using difficult passages however sells short the broad agreement that the historic church has had on essential doctrines.

The book is written from the standpoint of a high view of scripture consistent with the stance of the historical Lutheran church but with heavy borrowings from 20th century linguistic theory and a splash of postmodernist distrust of claims to objectivity. This mix provides useful insights that can alert the interpreter to potential pitfalls and aids in detecting faulty interpretations of others.

But theories and principles are presented without discussion of alternative theories and without an obvious unifying theology or theory of knowledge. The overall effect is disjoint with loose ends and indeterminate outcomes, as if the book is a compilation of lecture notes rather than a completed work. A puzzling aspect of the book is the author's insistence that it uses a postmodern perspective. The issue of authorship of scripture is handled from the traditional standpoint that the words are fully divine and human at the same time. Postmodern views of the subjectivity of the author or his disappearance into the community that creates and transmit texts are downplayed.

With regard to the reader there is postmodern-like solution to subjectivity in the merger of the reader's world with the world of the intended audience. Community and in particular the historic ecumenical and Lutheran confessions are brought into play as controls on interpretation but with an emphasis on apostolic foundations of both scripture and confessions. At best this appears to be a rather lopsided sort of postmodernism.

On the other hand, the apparently ad hoc selection of models and methods, lack of confident outcomes in interpretation and emphasis on community might be a very postmodern way of saying that contemporary Christians should acknowledge the limited perspective of their community, but sit back and enjoy the flight in any case. Well pleased with all book shipments. Voelz's book is very good, as far as its scholarship goes. It is an excellent overview of linguistic theories, etc. Yet, its layout is rather difficult to follow. It is in outline form, with many many addendums throughout.

This would be an excellent tool for those of you who are linguistically inclined. It is full of great examples from Scripture, showing how each point applies. I would have given it a 9 rating, but the layout--its difficult to follow an outline over pgs--dropped it to an 8. This book is a great resource to use as Seminary students I am one explore hermeneutical principles and gain a greater understanding of what Scripture in the Greek and Hebrew said as in what it meant when the author wrote it. While it is not an easy read, I think it has the same value as Greek being difficult in that if forces a slow, careful, and complete reading that results in the context soaking into the skull make sure you read the chapter on non-literal language is this sounds painful or discomforting to you.

This book was very difficult to follow. The primary audience of this book is seminary students who are already fluent in greek, hebrew and latin. Voelz even takes simple things and explains them with examples that are difficult to follow. There are many good books in the Concordia Scholership Series for the layman, but this is not one of them.

I gave up after a few chapters. See all 8 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Bhigya is very grateful for this scholarship and the huge morale boost it gives him, and has this advice for other students who are applying for scholarships: While applying for the scholarship always proofread your applications, because even small mistakes can ruin your chances of winning one.

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