TY - BOOK AU - Greidanus,Sidney TI - The modern preacher and the ancient text SN - 085111573X (pbk) : AV - BV4211.2 U1 - 251 GRE 20 PY - 1988/// PB - Eerdmans KW - Bible KW - Homiletical use KW - Preaching KW - Christian church KW - Use of Bible N1 - Biblical Preaching: Preaching then and now -- Expository preaching -- The form of Biblical preaching -- Historical foundations: The historical-critical method -- A holistic historical-critical method -- Literary interpretation: Holistic Interpretation -- Methods of literary interpretation -- Holistic literary interpretation -- Historical interpretation: The need for Historical interpretation -- Biblical history writing -- The history of God's Kingdom -- Theological Interpretation: The nature of theological interpretation -- The purpose of the author -- The Bible's theocentric purpose -- The purpose of preachers today -- Textual-thematic preaching: Textual preaching -- Textual-thematic preaching -- The form of the sermon: Form and development -- The didactic form -- The narrative form -- Textual forms -- The relevance of the sermon: The historical-cultural gap -- Considerations for properly bridging the gap -- Relevant proclamation today -- Preaching Hebrew Narratives: Hebrew history writing -- Literary characteristics of Hebrew narrative -- Holistic interpretation -- Guidelines for preaching Hebrew narratives -- Preaching prophetic literature: The essence of Biblical prophecy -- Literary characteristics of prophetic literature -- Guidelines for preaching prophetic literature -- Preaching the Gospels: The genre of Gospel -- New Testament history writing -- Literary characteristics of the Gospels -- Guidelines for preaching the Gospels -- Preaching the Epistles: The genre of Epistle -- Literary characteristics of the Epistles -- Guidelines for preaching the Epistles ER -