Reading the Bible Missionally

Academy of Parish Clergy's Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry
Insights from a noteworthy convergence of top scholars in biblical studies and missiology

Over the past half century, it has become clear that mission 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.


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.

CONTRIBUTORS

Craig G. Bartholomew


Richard Bauckham


Carl J. Bosma


Tim J. Davy


Dean Flemming


John R. Franke


Mark Glanville


Michael W. Goheen


Joel B. Green


Darrell L. Guder


George R. Hunsberger


Timothy M. Sheridan


Christopher J. H. Wright


N. T. Wright