{"product_id":"book-oetx","title":"Mere Christian Hermeneutics Audio Lectures","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, \u003cem\u003eMere Christian Hermeneutics: Audio Lectures \u003c\/em\u003eincludes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can we engage the text of Scripture well, rightly, and faithfully?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenges abound when it comes to reading Scripture, including not only the variety of actual interpretations of the Bible but also the plurality of reading cultures, each with its own preferred frame of reference. A cynical observer might say that Christians have never agreed upon how to interpret the Bible, or even on the meaning of the \"literal sense.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheologian Kevin J. Vanhoozer responds to these challenges by offering \u003cem\u003eMere Christian Hermeneutics Audio Lectures\u003c\/em\u003e. The allusion to C. S. Lewis's \u003cem\u003eMere Christianity\u003c\/em\u003e is no accident, for he teaches a \"mere\" Christian hermeneutic-that is, principles for reading the Bible as Scripture everywhere, at all times, and by all Christians. Vanhoozer seeks to fulfill this promise without degenerating into a bland ecumenical tolerance of conflicting opinions. Rather, he explores the accounts of Jesus's transfiguration, a key moment in the broader economy of God's revelation, to suggest that spiritual or \"figural\" interpretation is not a denial or distortion of the literal sense but rather its glorification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this light, each lesson calls both church and academy to develop reading cultures that enable and sustain the kind of unity and diversity that \"mere Christian hermeneutics\" encourages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSession Titles and Runtimes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e0 - Introduction: An Experiment in Criticism (25 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 - Forming Reading Cultures (24 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 - Exegesis in a Toolshed (26 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 - Two Polarized Reading Cultures (26 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 - Defining \u003cem\u003eSensus Literalis\u003c\/em\u003e, Part 1 (27 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 - Defining \u003cem\u003eSensus Literalis\u003c\/em\u003e, Part 2 (28 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 - Shedding Light on Literality (24 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 - The Transfiguration of Christ (28 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 - Transfiguring the Literal (25 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 - Transfiguring the Reader (23 min)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 - Beatific Lection (27 min)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Christian","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50025063645488,"sku":"BDoetx","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/oetx-Square-cover.jpg?v=1777582392","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-oetx","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}