Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon

by D.A. Carson (Editor), John D. Woodbridge (Editor)

Hermeneutics, Authority and Canon

Genres: Theology, Biblical Studies, Christianity, Canon, Reference

468 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1986

About the author

Donald A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has been at Trinity since 1978. Carson came to Trinity from the faculty of Northwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he also served for two years as academic dean. He has served as assistant pastor and pastor and has done itinerant ministry in Canada and the United Kingdom. Carson received the Bachelor of Science in chemistry from McGill University, the Master of Divinity from Central Baptist Seminary in Toronto, and the Doctor of Philosophy in New Testament from the University of Cambridge. Carson is an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world. He has written or edited about sixty books. He is a founding member and currently president of The Gospel Coalition. Carson and his wife, Joy, reside in Libertyville, Illinois. They have two adult children.

Reviews

[Jack Hayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Carson, Vanhoozer Moo, and Woodbridge’s articles are certainly with your time.

[Pamela Tucker · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many good books deserve to be included as far as hermeneutics. But my list is guided by these main criteria: (a) books that focus on the theological side of biblical authority and not as much on the historical evidences for the Bible's history (although some it is inevitable); (b) books that are commonly modern, meaning they have been written sometime between the Reformation and the present although, many patristic works would make my reading shelf; and (c) books that are rigorously orthodox Karl Barth's Dogmatics is on my bookshelf it is the fact that it has been influential on the modern church's view of Scripture.

[J. Machen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very helpful survey of contemporary issues in hermenuetics and Scripture--though written a few decades ago, still very applicable.