What are some books that every pastor should read?
PTS faculty were asked this question in spring 2023. Consider these 13 recommendations for biblical studies and interpretation:
Interpretation and Hermeneutics
- Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays, The Art of Reading Scripture
- Brent A. Strawn, The Incomparable God: Readings in Biblical Theology
- John Thompson, Reading the Bible with the Dead: What You Can Learn from the History of Exegesis that You Can’t Learn from Exegesis Alone
Spirituality of Interpretation
- Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again
- Anna Carter Florence, A is for Alabaster: 52 Reflections on the Stories of Scripture
Womanist Interpretation
- Gay Byron and Vanessa Lovelace, ed, Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse
- Mitzi Smith, I Found God in Me: A Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics Reader
- Nyasha Junior, An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation
Old Testament Interpretation
- Ellen F. Davis, Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament
- Patrick D. Miller, The Way of the Lord: Essays in Old Testament Theology
New Testament Interpretation
- Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus
- Michael Gorman, Becoming the Gospel
- Liz Theoharis, Always With Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor