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The Gloss and the Text: William Perkins on Interpreting Scripture with Scripture

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The Gloss and the Text: William Perkins on Interpreting Scripture with Scripture - Ballitch, Andrew S, and McKim, Donald K (Foreword by)
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William Perkins is the father of Puritanism, often remembered for his preaching manual, The Art of Prophesying. Much attention has been given to the Puritan movement, especially in its later forms, but comparatively little has been given to Perkins. In The Gloss and the Text, Andrew Ballitch provides a thorough examination of the hermeneutical principles that governed Perkins's approach to biblical interpretation. Perkins taught that the Bible was God's word as well as the interpretation of God's word. Interpretation is no ...

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The Gloss and the Text: William Perkins on Interpreting Scripture with Scripture 2020, Lexham Press

ISBN-13: 9781683593911

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