Reading the Bible Missionally

<DIV> </DIV><DIV><B>Academy of Parish Clergy’s Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry</B><BR /><BR /><I>Insights from a noteworthy convergence of top scholars in biblical studies and missiology</I><BR /><BR /> Over the past half century it has become clear that <I>mission</I> is a central theme in the Bible's narrative and moreover is central to the very identity of the church. This book significantly widens and deepens the emerging conversation on missional hermeneutics.<BR /><BR /> Essays from top biblical and missiological scholars discuss reading the Scriptures missionally using mission as a key interpretive lens. Five introductory chapters probe various elements of a missional hermeneutic followed by sections on the Old and New Testaments that include chapters on two books from each to illustrate what a missional reading of them looks like. Essays in two concluding sections draw out the implications of a missional reading of Scripture for preaching and for theological education.<BR /><BR /><B>CONTRIBUTORS</B><BR /><BR /> Craig G. Bartholomew<BR /> Richard Bauckham<BR /> Carl J. Bosma<BR /> Tim J. Davy<BR /> Dean Flemming<BR /> John R. Franke<BR /> Mark Glanville<BR /> Michael W. Goheen<BR /> Joel B. Green<BR /> Darrell L. Guder<BR /> George R. Hunsberger<BR /> Timothy M. Sheridan<BR /> Christopher J. H. Wright<BR /> N. T. Wright</DIV>