THEOLOGY, HISTORY, and ETHICS
BIBLICAL REASONING Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis R. B. Jamieson and Tyler R. Wittman Biblical Reasoning shows how Christology and the doctrine of the Trinity are grounded in Scripture and how knowledge of these topics is critical for exegesis. It focuses on the continuity of Scripture’s judgments with later doctrinal formulations, promoting a mutually informative relation between exegesis and theology born from attention to Scripture’s primary acting subject: God revealed in Christ. This book outlines key theological principles and rules for the exegesis of Christian Scripture. The authors explore how the triune God revealed in Christ shapes Scripture and its readers and how doctrinal rules intrinsic to Scripture help guide exegesis. The goal of biblical reasoning is the goal of Scripture itself: to shape readers into disciples who pursue the vision of the triune God in Christ. Biblical Reasoning enables students to integrate what they learn in their biblical studies and systematic theology classes, making it an ideal textbook for hermeneutics and interpretation courses. “Theology needs to be exegetical and contemplative, though a whole host of pressures draw attention else- where. Biblical Reasoning helps alert us to where we should focus and equips us to do so with competence and care. I hope it’s read widely by students and those who long to go back to school with the Scriptures.” —MICHAEL ALLEN, Reformed Theological Seminary
JUNE 2022 • 320 pp. • paper • $29.99 • 9781540964670
R. B. Jamieson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is an associate pastor of Cap- itol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. He is the author of several books, including The Paradox of Sonship: Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews . Tyler R. Wittman (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is assistant professor of theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and the author of God and Creation in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth .
CONTENTS
Introduction: Theology for Better Exegesis
PART ONE 1. Seek His Face Always: Biblical Reasoning and the End of Faith 2. The School of Christ: Learning in God’s Pedagogical Economy 3. The Curriculum of Christ: Biblical Reasoning in the Economy PART TWO 4. Worthy Are You: Understanding Scripture as Honoring God 5. The Lord Is One: The Trinity’s Unity and Equality in Scrip- ture’s Twofold Discourse 6. Varieties of Activities, but the Same God: The Trinity’s Insep- arable Operations and Scripture’s Appropriation 7. One and the Same: The Unity of Christ and the Communica- tion of Idioms 8. Greater Than Himself and Less Than Himself: Partitive Exegesis 9. God from God: The “From Another” Rule 10. Putting the Rule-Kit to Work: Reading John 5:17–30 Conclusion: From Glory to Glory Appendix: Table of Principles and Rules Indexes
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