Download or read book The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text written by Sidney Greidanus and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1989-01-19 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fusion of biblical hermeneutics and homiletics, this thorough and well-researched book offers a holistic contemporary approach to the interpretation and preaching of biblical texts, using all the scholarly tools available and focusing especially on literary features. Greidanus develops hermeneutical and homiletical principles and then applies them to four specific genres: Hebrew narratives, prophetic literature, the Gospels, and the Epistles.