Pathway into the Scriptures

As one of Tyndale’s early works, Pathway into the Scriptures was first prepared as a preface to his 1525 English translation of the New Testament. It is at once a gospel tract and a primer on hermeneutics: a statement of the first principles of the Christian testimony which the author sealed with his life. Drawing on Martin Luther’s earlier New Testament preface, Tyndale’s method is simple but profound. He briefly introduces about a dozen biblical ideas that shape our reading of the Bible: Old and New Testaments, law and gospel, nature and grace, Adam and Christ, and more.