Scripture, Hermeneutics, and Theology: Evaluating Theological Interpretation of Scripture

This dissertation offers a critique of and constructive response to several areas of theological interpretation. Section one evaluates the role that tradition ought to play in interpretation and theology. The second section evaluates the tendency to move back toward a multiple-sense approach to interpretation. Section three evaluates the role that biblical and systematic theology should play in the interpretation of Scripture. The final chapter proposes how biblical theology and systematic theology ought to work together in theological interpretation. Ecclesiastes 9:1-10 serves as a test case. This chapter also includes a discussion about how to apply Scripture in the contemporary world.