Biblical Interpretation

Confessional Interpretation of the Bible:

•  What is Confessional Interpretation? An explanation and a plea for theologically informed interpretation.
•  Short History of Creeds and Confessions, by A.A. Hodge.
•  The Usefulness of Creeds by Kenneth Gentry
•  The Ecumenical Creeds. Text of the Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, and the Definition of Chalcedon.
•  The Westminster Confession. Complete with introduction, annotations, Scripture index, and glossary.
•  The 1689 London Baptist Confession. Revision of the Westminster Confession by Baptists.
•  Baptist Faith and Message (2000)
•  Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy. Declaring the entire truthfulness of Scripture.
•  Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics. Setting healthy limits for the interpretation of Scripture.

Modernistic Interpretation:

•  On the Interpretation of Scripture, by Benjamin Jowett (1860). A classic manifesto of liberal Protestant hermeneutics.
•  The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church. A document of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, describing methods of interpretation as practiced by liberal Catholics.

General Resources on Interpretation:

•  How to Study the Bible by Dr. James Stalker
•  Ten Steps to Biblical Literacy by Michael Marlowe
•  Quotations on Bible Study, by various authors
•  Tolle Lege - Take Up and Read! The story of Augustine's conversion
•  On Commenting & Commentaries, by Charles H. Spurgeon.
•  How to Read the Bible, by Charles H. Spurgeon.
•  Why People Find the Bible Difficult, by A. W. Tozer
•  Exposition Must Have Application, by A. W. Tozer
•  The Protestant Doctrine of the Perspicuity of Scripture
•  Understanding the Bible as an Inspired Text.
•  Marking the Watershed, by Francis A. Schaeffer
•  The Interpretation of Scripture, by J.I. Packer
•  Annotated Bibliography of Interpretation
•  Jewish Interpretation. A brief introduction to the traditional Jewish approach.
•  Quotations on Biblical Interpretation
•  The Use of Cross-References
•  Misinterpretation of Scripture by Early Heretics. An extract from the Stromata of Clement of Alexandria.
•  Irenaeus on ‘the treasure hid in the Scriptures’
•  New Testament Use of the Old Testament, by Roger Nicole.
•  Should we employ the hermeneutics of the New Testament writers? by Dan G. McCartney.
•  Some Observations on Biblical Interpretation and Slavery.
•  The Israel of God (Galatians 6:16).
•  The Meaning of the Phrase ‘in Christ’.
•  The Kingdom of God is Within You (Luke 17:21).
•  Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16.
•  The Translation of the Tetragrammaton.
•  Interpretation of the word λόγος in the prologue of John's Gospel.
•  Grace (χαρις) in the New Testament.
•  חֶסֶד in the Old Testament.
•  Righteousness (צְדָקָה and δικαιοσύνη) in the Bible.
•  Covenant (ברית and διαθηκη) in the Bible.
  •  Hebrews, the Epistle of the Diatheke, by Geerhardus Vos.
•  The Only Begotten (μονογενης) Son
  •  Büchsel on μονογενης
  •  Berkhof on the Eternal Generation of the Son
  •  John R. Wilson on the μουνογενες in Parmenides
•  Anthropomorphisms and their Meaning, by Ludwig Köhler.
•  Anti-Judaism in the New Testament.
•  Translation Theory and Methods. Several essays and documents on the subject, and an annotated bibliography.
•  Biblical Greek. Several essays on the subject, and a bibliography.
•  Typology. Articles on the mysterious symbolism of the Old Testament.
•  Hell. Articles and Sermons on the subject.
•  Ecclesiology. Articles and Sermons on the subject.
•  Articles on interpretation at other sites. More than 50 links.
•  Theological resources on other sites. More than 60 links to different kinds of theological sites.