Christian Scripture and Hermeneutics Analysis

This document explores the significance of Christian scripture and hermeneutics. It delves into the development of the canon, contrasting the Old and New Testaments, and examining theological perspectives on interpretation. The analysis focuses on Francis Watson's view that faith in Christ is crucial for understanding Scripture and mediating between God and humanity. The paper also addresses challenges in interpreting the New Testament and discusses various hermeneutical approaches.

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Christian Scripture and Hermeneutics
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Document study about Christian scriptures
The topic of this paper is to discuss about the scriptures in Christian religion and
hermeneutics. The Christian gospels and sermons became to be used widely for the worshipping
purpose very frequently. In the second century, some writings had been included in the list of
Biblical writings and came to be known as the New Testament. The role of the scriptures has a
special place in the Christian writings since they are the heart of the Christian religious concepts
in a written form. Many Biblical concepts have been displayed through these scriptures. The
Christian scripture mostly consisted of the letters from Paul and the edited version of the gospels
and sermons of Luke. In this part of the document study, the viewpoints of many theology
specialists have been discussed. One of them has to be picked in order to discuss about their
viewpoints. In this discussion of the document study, the paper written by Francis Watson has to
be selected. The name of the text is Church and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological
Perspective. This piece has been chosen because he has shown that faith has to be kept in Christ
always so that the Holy Scripture can be understood and mediation can be done between the God
and the human beings. He has showcased the importance of scriptures and the hermeneutics
better than all the authors of theology provided there.
The canon of Marcion had portrayed a special challenge to the faith of Christianity. The
Christian theology has been largely overviewed in this concept. The matters of salvation and its
fundamental issues have been noticed in this section as well. The goodness in Christian faith has
been discussed in this segment as well because in Bible, the goodness of the human beings has
been displayed over and over. The matters of incarnation and its incarnation in the practice of
Christianity have been overviewed in many ways. The docetic or the material side has a conflict
over the interpretation of incarnation in Christianity. The Jewish writings have been segmented

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as the Old Testament in Bible and the new Christian writings have been segmented as the New
Testament.
These two parts of the Bible had been recognized as the scriptures and used for the
purpose of worship to some level. The Old Testament has been viewed as the scripture that rises
from the proper anticipation of Christ and in contrary; the New Testament had been viewed as a
testimonial prophecy. The Christian theology has often said that the New Testament always
brings something new in the array of the Christian theology as when the Christian scriptures
have been incorporated in the Christian theology in a big way. Some issues have emerged in the
reading of the New Testament because there are many confusing issues that have been raise in
this context.
It has been viewed as that the writings or the scriptures of the New Testament writings
have been considered as the anachronistic ones since they are normative in the Christian
perspectives.
The writings of New Testament are not translations from the Old Testament and these
writings are mainly based on Christ. The relationship between the scripture and time had been
decreased to a certain level. Old Testament has always presented certain transposition
hermeneutic in the matter. The problem had arisen that the theologians had viewed the world
from one point but the topics related to Christianity but the scriptures had turned out to be the
matter of study of Christianity. This can be contrasted with the Reform hermeneutics that the Old
Testament and New Testament can be of an equal identity regarding to the Christian identity.
This document study can be concluded by saying that scripture had been a legitimately
dominating aspect in the Christianity and it was relevant for receiving the proper understanding

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the New Testament kerygma. The writings were not in line with the hermeneutical footing.
Scripture can be used in interpreting the Biblical meaning in a more subtle way.
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Webster, J., 2016. Word and Church: essays in Christian dogmatics. Bloomsbury Publishing.