Biblical Reasoning – Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis

R. B. Jamieson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is an associate pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC. He is the author of several books, including The Paradox of Sonship: Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews.Tyler R. Wittman (PhD, University of St. Andrews) is assistant professor of theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is the author of God and Creation in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth.

• ContentsIntroduction: Theology for Better ExegesisPart 1: Biblical Reasoning1. Seek His Face Always: The End of Biblical Reasoning2. The School of Christ: The Pedagogical Context of Biblical Reasoning3. The Curriculum of Christ: The Source and Practice of Biblical ReasoningPart 2: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis4. Worthy Are You: Understanding Scripture as Honoring God5. The Lord Is One: The Trinity's Unity and Equality in Scripture's Twofold Discourse6. Varieties of Activities but the Same God: The Trinity's Inseparable Operations and Scripture's Appropriation7. One and the Same: The Unity of Christ and Scripture's Communication of Idioms8. Greater Than Himself and Less Than Himself: Christ's Two Natures and Scripture's Partitive Discourse9. God from God: From Missions to Processions10. Putting the Rule-Kit to Work: Reading John 5:17-30Conclusion: From Glory to GloryAppendix: Table of Principles and RulesIndexes