History of Preaching and Biblical Interpretation

Sermons for discussion

History of preaching

• Introduction | The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period
• The Roots of the Christian Ministry of the Word in the Worship of Israel. | The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period
• The Preaching of Christ and the Apostles | The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period
• Introduction | A History of Preaching, Volume 1
• Biblical Sermons | A Treasury of Great Preaching, Volume 1

History of Biblical interpretation

• Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 2: Inner-Biblical Exegesis in the Tanak in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 3: Hebrew Into Greek: Interpretation In, Bt, and Of the Septuagint in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 4: Philo of Alexandria as Exegete in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 5: Biblical Interpretation in the Dead Sea Scrolls in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 6: Interpretation of Scripture in the Targumim in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 7: Rabbinic Midrash in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 8: The Stabilization of the Tanak in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 9: IThe Interpretation of the Tanak in the Jewish Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 10: Interpreting Israel’s Scriptures in the New Testament in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson

• Introduction in History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen by Henning Graf Reventlow
• Chapter 1: Biblical Interpretation within the Bible in History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen by Henning Graf Reventlow
• Chapter 2: Between the Testaments in History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen by Henning Graf Reventlow
• Chapter 3: The Old Testament in the New in History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen by Henning Graf Reventlow

• Chapter 1: Scripture in the Church of the 1st and 2nd centuries | Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church: An Historical Introduction to Patristic Exegesis
• entire volume | Biblical Exegesis in the Apostolic Period

Logos dictionary entries

• Homily Form (Hellenistic and Early Christian) | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
• Homily, Ancient | Dictionary of New Testament Background
• Preaching | The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Volume 4
• Preaching | The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia
• Homily | The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship
• Preaching | The New Dictionary of Theology

Supplementary web resources

• Wikipedia: Sermon
• A Brief History of Expository Preaching by Dwayne Milioni | a three page outline

Classification of sermons

• Free College Term Papers: The Form of a Sermon
• Classification of Sermons – Sangster
• Sermons Classified by Subject Type (Sangster)
• Sermons Classified by Structure
• Classification of Sermons – Phelps
• Catholic Encyclopedia: Homily

Sermons for discussion

History of preaching

• Chapter 3: The Second and Third Centuries (through Clement of Alexandria (251-306) | The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period
• Chapter 1: Preaching during the First Three Centuries | A History of Preaching, Volume 1

History of Biblical interpretation

• Clement of Alexandria | Historical Handbook of Major Biblical Interpreters
• Chapter 2: Scripture in the Alexandrian Milieu | Biblical Interpretation in the Early Church: An Historical Introduction to Patristic Exegesis
• Chapter 3: “The History of Preaching Christ from the Old Testament (I)” in Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method by Sidney Greidanus
• Chapter 11: The Apostolic Fathers and the Apologists in A History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Alan J. Hauser, Duane F. Watson
• Chapter 4: The Early Centuries of the Common Era (105-174) in History of Biblical Interpretation, Volume 1: From the Old Testament to Origen by Henning Graf Reventlow

Logos entries

• Clement, Second Epistle of | The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
• Melito of Sardis | Dictionary of the Later New Testament & Its Developments
• 177. Melito Of Sardis | History of the Christian Church
• Clement of Alexandria | The Dictionary of Historical Theology

Supplementary web resources

• A Completely Different Reading of Melito’s Peri Pascha”
• Barnabas’ Isaiah Text and Melito’s Pascal Homily
• Melito of Sardis | bibliography
• The Noetic Paschal Anthropos: Genesis 1:27 and the Theology of the Divine Image in Early Paschal Literature by Dragos Andrei Giulea

• Clement of Alexandria | bibliography
• The School of Alexandria and the Contemporary Church by Fr. Tadros Y. Malaty