Slaves, Women & Homosexuals

Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis

By William J. Webb
Foreword by Darrell L. Bock

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 301 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: May 2001

ISBN-10: 0-8308-1561-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-1561-6
IVP Order Code: 1561

Related Subjects

Hermeneutics/Exegesis
Theology

Author Interview

Foreword
Introduction: Welcome to the World of Application

Part I: Toward a Hermeneutic of Cultural Analysis
1. The Christian & Culture
2. A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic
3. Cultural/Transcultural Analysis: A Road Map

Part II: Intrascriptural Criteria
4. Persuasive Criteria
      Criterion 1: Preliminary Movement
      Criterion 2: Seed Ideas
      Criterion 3: Breakouts
      Criterion 4: Purpose/Intent Statements
      Criterion 5: Basis in Fall or Curse
5. Moderately Persuasive Criteria
      Criterion 6: Basis in Original Creation, Section 1: Patterns
      Criterion 7: Basis in Original Creation, Section 2: Primogeniture
      Criterion 8: Basis in New Creation
      Criterion 9: Competing Options
      Criterion 10: Opposition to Original Culture
      Criterion 11: Closely Related Issues
      Criterion 12: Penal Code
      Criterion 13: Specific Instructions Versus General Principles
6. Inconclusive Criteria
      Criterion 14: Basis in Theological Analogy
      Criterion 15: Contextual Comparisons
      Criterion 16: Appeal to the Old Testament

Part III: Extrascriptural Criteria
7. Persuasive Extrascriptural Criteria
      Criterion 17: Pragmatic Basis Between Two Cultures
      Criterion 18: Scientific and Social-Scientific Evidence
8. What If I Am Wrong?

Conclusion: Arriving at a Bottom Line

Appendix A: Man Created First & Primogeniture Assumptions
The Traditional Interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:13

Appendix B: Women as More Easily Deceived Than Men
The Traditional Interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:14

Appendix C: Research on Detecting Deception

Appendix D: Woman Created from Man and for Man
An Assessment of 1 Corinthians 11:8-9

Bibliography

Scripture Index