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a word from God. The postmodern suspicion of hermeneutics leads inexorably to the suspicion of biblical theology. The contemporary crisis in interpretation is simply the last stage of the story in which biblical studies and Christian theology have gone their separate ways. The rift that divides biblical studies from theology will be bridged only if we develop a theological hermeneutic – a theory of interpretation informed by Christian doctrine – and if we simultaneously recover the distinctive contribution of biblical theology to the project of biblical interpretation. ~ Desmond T. Alexander and Brian S. Rosner. New Dictionary of Biblical Theology . electronic ed. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2001.