To understand the message of Christ, you have to understand Israel. Christian interpretations of Scripture should begin with Jesus’ self-declaration that the Scriptures speak of him.
Generalized hermeneutics are not enough. They provide a safe guard from willy nilly postmodern interpretations for sure, but left as the sole determiner of meaning they leave us not with Christ revealed but a modern materialistic undertaking that would more than please the positivists and skeptics of the Enlightenment.
