Baker Academic

The Four Senses of Scripture

Patrick Schreiner

Baker Academic · Biblical Studies
Published August 2026 · ISBN 9781540968791

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For nearly 1,700 years, the church read Scripture through four interwoven lenses, literal, allegorical, tropological, and anagogical, known as the quadriga. Modern biblical hermeneutics has largely set this tradition aside. In The Four Senses of Scripture, Patrick Schreiner argues the church hasn't moved beyond the ancient approach so much as it has lost something essential.

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About the author. Patrick Schreiner (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is professor of New Testament and biblical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of numerous books, including Matthew, Disciple and Scribe, The Transfiguration of Christ, a commentary on Acts, The Ascension of Christ, The Mission of the Triune God, The Visual Word, Political Gospel, and The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross.

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