Contextual Theological Interpretation

Bo H. Lim (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of Old Testament at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington, where he served as university chaplain from 2014-2018. He teaches and writes on the topics of Old Testament prophetic literature, theological interpretation, and Asian American biblical interpretation. His publications include a commentary on Hosea and essays in The Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar, The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets, and the T&T Clark Handbook to Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics. He also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Theological Interpretation.

• Part 1: Understanding Biblical Interpretation1. The Strange Silence of the Bible in the Church2. The Context of Biblical Studies as a DisciplineAfter the Collapse of History and the TextThe Changing Face of the Church and Theological EducationBiblical Studies as a Eurocentric DisciplineThe Impact of Interdisciplinary Approaches on Diverse ReadingsConclusion3. The Need for Theological Contextual InterpretationMapping Contextual Interpretation: Liberationist and InterculturalEvaluating Liberation and Postcolonial Hermeneutics: The Limits of LiberationConclusion4. The Need for Contextual Theological InterpretationWhat Is Theological Interpretation?History as an Evasion of IdeologyTheological Interpretation Is Not Sufficiently TheologicalPart 2: An Integrated Model of Biblical Interpretation5. Contextual and Theological Interpretation in the Global ChurchPostcolonial Christian InterpretationWhat Is "Global Interpretation"?Conclusion6. Models of Contextual and Theological InterpretationKwame Bediako and the Bible as Contextual InterpretationK. K. Yeo and Cross-Cultural InterpretationGustavo Gutiérrez's Theological and Contextual CommentaryLove Sechrest and a Methodology for Multicultural InterpretationConclusion7. The Case for Theological and Contextual InterpretationCan Contextual Interpretation Be Theological?Reading the Bible Figurally and ContextuallyThe Limits of Contextual InterpretationThe Limits of Christian TraditionThe Text and Exegesis Still MatterContextual Theological Interpretation Is a Risky but Necessary AffairAppendix: A Proposed Pedagogy for Theological and Contextual InterpretationIndex