The Limits of a Text: Luke 23-34a As a Case Study in Theological Interpretation - Couverture souple

Strahan, Joshua Marshall

 
9781575067049: The Limits of a Text: Luke 23-34a As a Case Study in Theological Interpretation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1575067048 ISBN 13 : 9781575067049
Editeur : Eisenbrauns, 2012

Synopsis

How does one limit a biblical text? Can one limit it? Should one? These questions drive one to examine core assumptions of biblical interpretation, assumptions about the aims and attitudes one brings to the task of reading the Bible. Is the aim of biblical exegesis to uncover what really happened, to discover the author's intentions, to attend to the interpretations of readers--ancient and/or contemporary? Furthermore, should the interpreter approach biblical texts from a position of neutrality, suspicion, and/or faith?

Strahan's book aims to offer a (not the) set of answers to these questions by bringing historiographical theory, hermeneutical theory, and theology into conversation, a conversation centered around a case study that deals with limiting the meaning(s) of an enigmatic Gospel text: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34a). Borrowing insight from Augustine's De Doctrina Christiana, this book offers a renewed, ecclesially located strategy for dealing with polysemy in biblical texts, a strategy that holds together many of the strengths offered by contemporary theological interpreters.

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Éditeur
Eisenbrauns
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1575067048
ISBN 13 
9781575067049
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
152
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