The Four Senses of Scripture: Learning from Ancient Ways of Reading the Bible, (Paperback)

<b>Recovering the Church's Classical Approach to Biblical Interpretation<br></b><br>For nearly 1,700 years, the church read Scripture through four interwoven lenses--literal, allegorical, tropological, and anagogical--known as the <i>quadriga</i>. Modern biblical hermeneutics has largely set this tradition aside. In <i>The Four Senses of Scripture</i>, Patrick Schreiner argues the church hasn't moved beyond the ancient approach so much as it has lost something essential.<br><br>Schreiner doesn't reject the grammatical-historical method--he recovers what it leaves behind. This book<br><br>&amp;#9679; covers all four senses--literal (grammatical-historical), allegorical (Christological), tropological (moral), and anagogical (eschatological)--with the what, why, and how of each;<br>&amp;#9679; traces why early Christians used this method and makes the case for recovering a medieval mind for modern readers;<br>&amp;#9679; demonstrates each sense in practice with examples drawn from across the biblical canon;<br>&amp;#9679; engages exegetical, historical, and allegorical critiques of the quadriga with scholarly rigor; and<br>&amp;#9679; includes an appendix written specifically for church application with scholars, students, and pastors in mind.<br><br>Drawing on patristic and medieval exegesis, Schreiner offers a coherent, historically grounded framework for reading Scripture through all four senses in conversation, a method that better honors the nature, goal, and ecclesial context of biblical interpretation. The book includes a foreword by Jonathan T. Pennington.

• The Four Senses of Scripture: Learning from Ancient Ways of Reading the Bible, (Paperback)
• Author: Patrick Schreiner
• ISBN: 9781540968791
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-08-04
• Page Count: 288