Anabaptist Approaches to Scripture

Essays on Biblical Interpretation: Anabaptist-Mennonite Perspectives, ed. Willard M. Swartley (Elkhart, IN: Institute of Mennonite Studies, 1984). Preface 1 Part I: Interpretation of Anabaptist Sources 1. Anabaptist Hermeneutics: Presuppositions, Principles and Practice, by Walter Klaassen 2. The Hermeneutics of the Anabaptists, by John H. Yoder 3. Hermeneutics and Discipleship, by C. J. Dyck 4. The Hermeneutics :of Obedience, by Ben C. Ollenburger 5. Menno Simon’s Encounter with the Bible, by Henry Poettcker 6. Anabaptist Hermeneutics: The Letter and the Spirit, by William Klassen 7. The Relation of the Old and New Covenants in Pilgram Marpeck’s Theology, by William Klassen 8. The Bern Debate of 1538: Christ the Center of Scripture, by Walter Klaassen Part II: Historical Developments 9. The Pre-eminence of the Bible in Mennonite History, by Frits Kuiper 10. American Mennonites and the Bible, by C. Norman Kraus Part III: Contemporary Hermeneutics: Evaluative Responses and Proposals 11. Reflections on Biblical Hermeneutics, by Millard Lind 12. Canon: Creative Biblicism as a Hermeneutical Principle, by Jacob J. Enz 12. Modes of Appropriating the Bible, by Waldemar Janzen 14. Journey to Emmaus: A Study in Critical Methodology, by George Brunk III 15. Criticism and Analogy in Historical-Critical Interpretation, Marlin E. Miller 16. Beyond the Historical-Critical Method, by Willard M. Swartley 17. The Authority of the Canon, by John H. Yoder Part IV: The Bible in the Congregation 18. Teaching the Bible in the Congregation, by Ross T. Bender 19. Teaching the Bible in the Congregation, by Richard C. Detweiler 20. Preaching the Bible in the Congregation, by Erland Waltner Afterword: Continuity and Change in Anabaptist-Mennonite Biblical Interpretation, by Willard M. Swartley Bibliography of Literature