The Four Senses of Scripture: Patrick Schreiner on Recovering the Church's Ancient Way of Reading the Bible For nearly 1,700 years, Christians read the Bible through four interwoven lenses — the literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the eschatological — a framework known as the quadriga. Then modern hermeneutics largely set it aside in favor of the grammatical-historical method alone. In this episode, Chad sits down with Dr. Patrick Schreiner of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to ask what the church lost in that trade, and whether it can be recovered. Patrick and Chad work through his new book, The Four Senses of Scripture: Learning from Ancient Ways of Reading the Bible. Schreiner is careful to say the modern method isn't wrong — it's incomplete. They walk through each of the four senses: the literal (grammatical-historical), the allegorical (Christological), the tropological (moral), and the anagogical (eschatological), and discuss how the early church read the Old Testament through Christ, why the fourfold approach preserved the radical unity of Scripture, and how holding the senses in conversation with one another might enrich preaching and Bible reading today. The conversation takes up the standard objections to allegory as well — and how a "medieval mind" can serve modern readers without abandoning the gains of critical scholarship. Dr. Patrick Schreiner (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He is the author of numerous books, including Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, The Transfiguration of Christ, and The Ascension of Christ. The Four Senses of Scripture (Baker Academic) includes a foreword by Jonathan T. Pennington. Links: <ul>
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<li>🌐 A History of Christian Theology: <a href="https://www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com/">https://www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com</a>
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<li>📖 The Four Senses of Scripture (Baker Academic): <a href="https://bakeracademic.com/products/9781540968791_the-four-senses-of-scripture">https://bakeracademic.com/products/9781540968791_the-four-senses-of-scripture</a>
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The Four Senses of Scripture: Patrick Schreiner on Recovering the Church's Ancient Way of Reading the Bible For nearly 1,700 years, Christians read the Bible through four interwoven lenses — the literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the eschatological — a framework known as the quadriga. Then modern hermeneutics largely set it aside in favor of the grammatical-historical method alone. In this episode, Chad sits down with Dr. Patrick Schreiner of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to ask what the church lost in that trade, and whether it can be recovered. Patrick and Chad work through his new book, The Four Senses of Scripture: Learning from Ancient Ways of Reading the Bible. Schreiner is careful to say the modern method isn't wrong — it's incomplete. They walk through each of the four senses: the literal (grammatical-historical), the allegorical (Christological), the tropological (moral), and the anagogical (eschatological), and discuss how the early church read the Old Testament through Christ, why the fourfold approach preserved the radical unity of Scripture, and how holding the senses in conversation with one another might enrich preaching and Bible reading today. The conversation takes up the standard objections to allegory as well — and how a "medieval mind" can serve modern readers without abandoning the gains of critical scholarship. Dr. Patrick Schreiner (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He is the author of numerous books, including Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, The Transfiguration of Christ, and The Ascension of Christ. The Four Senses of Scripture (Baker Academic) includes a foreword by Jonathan T. Pennington. Links: 🎙️ Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AHOCT 🌐 A History of Christian Theology: https://www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com 📖 The Four Senses of Scripture (Baker Academic): https://bakeracademic.com/products/9781540968791_the-four-senses-of-scripture 👤 Dr. Patrick Schreiner on X: https://x.com/pj_schreiner 𝕏 Follow the podcast: @theologyxian | 📘 facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology

The Four Senses of Scripture: Patrick Schreiner on Recovering the Church's Ancient Way of Reading the Bible For nearly 1,700 years, Christians read the Bible through four interwoven lenses — the literal, the allegorical, the moral, and the eschatological — a framework known as the quadriga. Then modern hermeneutics largely set it aside in favor of the grammatical-historical method alone. In this episode, Chad sits down with Dr. Patrick Schreiner of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to ask what the church lost in that trade, and whether it can be recovered. Patrick and Chad work through his new book, The Four Senses of Scripture: Learning from Ancient Ways of Reading the Bible. Schreiner is careful to say the modern method isn't wrong — it's incomplete. They walk through each of the four senses: the literal (grammatical-historical), the allegorical (Christological), the tropological (moral), and the anagogical (eschatological), and discuss how the early church read the Old Testament through Christ, why the fourfold approach preserved the radical unity of Scripture, and how holding the senses in conversation with one another might enrich preaching and Bible reading today. The conversation takes up the standard objections to allegory as well — and how a "medieval mind" can serve modern readers without abandoning the gains of critical scholarship. Dr. Patrick Schreiner (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He is the author of numerous books, including Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, The Transfiguration of Christ, and The Ascension of Christ. The Four Senses of Scripture (Baker Academic) includes a foreword by Jonathan T. Pennington. Links: <ul>
<li>🎙️ Support the show on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/AHOCT" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/AHOCT</a>
</li>
<li>🌐 A History of Christian Theology: <a href="https://www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.ahistoryofchristiantheology.com</a>
</li>
<li>📖 The Four Senses of Scripture (Baker Academic): <a href="https://bakeracademic.com/products/9781540968791_the-four-senses-of-scripture" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://bakeracademic.com/products/9781540968791_the-four-senses-of-scripture</a>
</li>
<li>👤 Dr. Patrick Schreiner on X: <a href="https://x.com/pj_schreiner" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://x.com/pj_schreiner</a>
</li>
<li>𝕏 Follow the podcast: @theologyxian | 📘 facebook.com/ahistoryofchristiantheology</li>
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Episode 193: The Four Senses of Scripture: Patrick Schreiner on Recovering the Church's Ancient Way of Reading the Bible

In this episode, Tom and Chad begin down the road of understanding a key part of early Scriptural interpretation, allegory. They also look at the question of whether Gnosticism should be considered "all bad" or whether there is a degree to which Gnosticism can still stand in the fold of orthodox Christianity.

AHOCT - Episode 5 - Epistle of Barnabas

Chad, Tom and Trevor break down Polycarp of Smyrna and his martyrdom story.  They look at divisions, development of Scripture, Anti-Christs, and whether Paul knew he was writing Scripture.
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Chad, Tom and Trevor break down Polycarp of Smyrna and his martyrdom story. They look at divisions, development of Scripture, Anti-Christs, and whether Paul knew he was writing Scripture. Please check out our blog at: http://ahistoryofchristiantheology.com.

AHOCT Episode 3 - A Theology of Atheism

In this podcast, Chad Kim, Tom Velasco and Trevor Adams discuss the theology of Clement of Rome and his epistle to the Corinthians. Topics include: a short intro to the letter, authority, canonization, female roles and Harry Potter.

AHOCT Episode 2 - Order of the Phoenix

Dr. Charles Kim, Jr. offers interviews and conversations about the historic doctrines and theologians of the Christian faith. The podcast has grown over the last several years to include not only round table discussions of ancient theological texts, but also includes interviews of leading theologians on these topics.

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