I’m reading and writing on theological interpretation of Scripture at the moment, and I want to make sure I’m covering all my bases. Below is a list of books dealing with the subject; I’m going to try and compile a list of articles later. I’ve organized them by a) books specifically about TIS, b) hermeneutics books that directly deal with TIS or TIS issues, c) biblical theology books that directly deal with TIS or TIS issues, d) dogmatics texts on the doctrine of Scripture, and e) history of interpretation texts that assist in the ressourcement of premodern interpretive methods. Sometimes these divisions are rather arbitrary, as many of these books deal with at least two if not more of these categories. Nevertheless, here they are.
What am I missing here?
TIS Texts
Adam, A. K. M., Stephen Fowl, Kevin Vanhoozer, and Francis Watson. Reading Scripture with the church: toward a hermeneutic for theological interpretation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006.
Bartholomew, Craig G., Colin J. D. Greene, and Karl Möller. Renewing biblical interpretation. Carlisle, Cumbria, UK: Paternoster Press ;, 2000.
Billings, J. Todd. The Word of God for the people of God: an entryway to the theological interpretation of Scripture. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010.
Bockmuehl, Markus N. A.. Seeing the Word: refocusing New Testament study. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006.
Bockmuehl, Markus N. A., and Alan J. Torrance. Scripture’s doctrine and theology’s Bible: how the New Testament shapes Christian dogmatics. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2008.
Farkasfalvy, Denis M.. Inspiration & interpretation: a theological introduction to Sacred Scripture. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2010.
Fowl, Stephen E.. The theological interpretation of Scripture: classic and contemporary readings. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 1997.
Fowl, Stephen E.. Engaging scripture: a model for theological interpretation. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishers, 1998.
Fowl, Stephen E.. Theological interpretation of scripture. Eugene, Or.: Cascade Books, 2009.
Green, Joel B.. Practicing theological interpretation: engaging biblical texts for faith and formation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2011.
Levering, Matthew. Participatory Biblical exegesis: a theology of Biblical interpretation. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2008.
Treier, Daniel J.. Introducing theological interpretation of Scripture: recovering a Christian practice. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2008.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J., Craig G. Bartholomew, Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Dictionary for theological interpretation of the Bible. London: SPCK ;, 2005.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J., Daniel J. Treier, and N. T. Wright. Theological interpretation of the New Testament: a book-by-book survey. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2008.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J.. Theological interpretation of the Old Testament: a book-by-book survey. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2008.
Watson, Francis. Text, church, and world: biblical interpretation in theological perspective. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans, 1994.
Hermeneutics Texts
Leithart, Peter J.. Deep exegesis: the mystery of reading Scripture. Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2009.
Smith, James K. A.. The fall of interpretation: philosophical foundations for a creational hermeneutic. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J.. Is there a meaning in this text?: the Bible, the reader, and the morality of literary knowledge. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1998.
Vanhoozer, Kevin J.. The drama of doctrine: a canonical-linguistic approach to Christian theology. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005.
Biblical Theology Texts
Bartholomew, Craig G., and Elaine Botha. Out of Egypt: biblical theology and biblical interpretation. Bletchley, Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster Press ;, 2004.
Bartholomew, Craig G., Joel B. Green, and Anthony C. Thiselton. Reading Luke: interpretation, reflection, formation. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster Press ;, 2005.
Bartholomew, Craig G.. Canon and biblical interpretation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2006.
Watson, Francis. Text and truth: redefining biblical theology. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 1997.
Dogmatics Texts
Swain, Scott R.. Trinity, revelation, and reading: a theological introduction to the Bible and its interpretation. London: T&T Clark, 2011.
Webster, J. B.. Word and church: essays in Christian dogmatics. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2001.
Webster, John. Holy Scripture: a dogmatic sketch. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
History of Interpretation Texts
Hall, Christopher A.. Reading scripture with the church Fathers. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
Keefe, John J., and Russell R. Reno. Sanctified vision: an introduction to early Christian interpretation of the Bible. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Lubac, Henri de. Medieval exegesis: the four senses of Scripture. Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. ;, 1998.
Under “Biblical Theology,” what about Klink & Lockett, “Understanding Biblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice”?
Hi Matt, thanks for the comment. I probably could include it here, and I may not have any actual reason to exclude it. But here’s some initial thoughts on why I didn’t include it in the first rendition.
1) Although I could have placed many biblical theology texts on this list, I tried to stick with ones that directly deal with reading the Bible in faith and in an ecclesial context. I’m not sure that’s the overarching aim of Klink and Lockett’s book.
2) Methods 2-5 certainly read the Bible as Christians, or as Klink and Lockett put it, prescriptively, but their goal is more to describe particular methodological nuances rather than to deal with overarching approaches to reading Scripture. To me that’s too narrow to be considered TIS; we might say it’s more a subset of it.
I don’t know if that even makes sense, just some initial thoughts to your question. I’m willing to be persuaded otherwise.
Don’t have any to add, but wanted to give a thanks for the list. I read Watson’s “Text and Truth” last semester, a very dense yet interesting read.
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This could be debatable, but Richard Hays “Echoes”
Maybe this too. http://www.amazon.com/Character-Christian-Scripture-Two-Testament-Interpretation/dp/0801039487/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1391219389&sr=8-10&keywords=Theological+Interpretation+of+Scripture
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This may also fall under more of History of Interpretation but it was pretty theological as well. http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Bible-Giants-Biblical-Interpretation/dp/184227273X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391219969&sr=8-1&keywords=Reading+the+Bible+with+Giants
Thanks all for the comments. I may put this in a new post, but the question I keep asking myself is where the line is drawn between TIS works and hermeneutics texts, and then TIS and biblical theology. Any thoughts?