This is a short article from the New Dictionary of Theology (Ferguson and Wright eds.; IVP, 1988), pp. 641-3. It should help as a little further reading for the Augustine topic, especially in comparing him to other thinkers:
New Dictionary of Theology article.
See also the further reading here.
An extract from Alister McGrath’s “Christian Theology: An Introduction” (3rd Edition) [Oxford, Blackwell; 2001], pp. 171-76: Methods of Interpretation of Scripture.
This is particularly useful for information on how hermeneutics has developed, the interpretation of scripture as allegory and how this developed during the reformation.
Attached is an essay I wrote as part of my degree. It’s on the importance of genre for interpretation of the Gospels, but the first four pages are on the concept of genre in general. Hope it helps!
Thanks to those of you who have handed in essays. I will mark them over the weekend and get them back to you on Wednesday. They are marked out of 35, and for each 5 marks you get I’ll award a raffle ticket and we’ll hold a prize draw on Wednesday, with a prize involving chocolate. Everyone who got the essay to me on time gets a bonus of 3 tickets…
Good luck!