God Speaks to Us ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer??Biblical Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics explains how we read and interpret texts, especially texts that come from a place and time different from our own. Biblical hermeneutics explains how we read and respond to biblical texts. It sounds simple, but becomes complex in the case of Bonhoeffer, who employed philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, literary criticism, political theory and history. These eleven essays by an international collection of Bonhoeffer scholars examine and interpret his hermeneutics in a socio-cultural context. Topics include Bonhoeffer's theological exposition of scripture; Bonhoeffer, Luther and Bach on the role of reason in reading scripture; Bonhoeffer's retelling of the gospel like "a fairy tale about a strange land;" the "presencing" of Christ; Bonhoeffer's changing view of biblical canonicity; biblical metaphors in Bonhoeffer's understanding of the church; the creation and Fall of man; discipleship; Bonhoeffer's Bethel confession; confession of sin as the mirror image of the Fall; and language and life as spheres of "in-between." Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ralf K. Wustenberg is Chair and Director of the Department for Protestant Theology at Flensburg University. He is a graduate of Humboldt-University Berlin (Dr. theol.) and Heidelberg University (Habilitation). In the past he held Fellowships at the University of Cape Town, was Visiting Bonhoeffer Teaching Scholar at Union Theological Seminary, New York and Visiting Professor at Freie Universitat Berlin. He is currently a Visiting Fellow in the Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge University.
Jens Zimmermann is Canada Research Chair for Interpretation, Religion and Culture at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia. He holds PhDs in Comparative Literature (University of British Columbia) and in Philosophy (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz). He authored and edited books in theology, philosophy and literary theory.