Learning the language of scripture: origen, wisdom, and the logic of interpretation
In Learning the Language of Scripture, Mark Randall James develops a pragmatically-inflected approach to the theological interpretation of scripture that draws on Origen's recently discovered Homilies on the Psalms.
| Summary: | In Learning the Language of Scripture, Mark Randall James develops a pragmatically-inflected approach to the theological interpretation of scripture that draws on Origen's recently discovered Homilies on the Psalms. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Problem of Hermeneutic Arbitrariness -- 1.1 The Return to Scripture -- 1.2 Theological Interpretation and Arbitrariness -- 2 Origen and Arbitrariness -- 2.1 Origen as Systematic Theologian -- 2.2 Origen as Man of the Church -- 2.3 Origen as Charismatic Intellectual -- 3 Method: Descriptive Logic -- 4 Learning the Language of Scripture -- Chapter 1 Origen and Stoic Logic -- 1 Stoic Philosophy of Language -- 1.1 Logic -- 1.2 Meaning -- 1.3 The Correctness of Names -- 2 Origen on Language and Logic -- 2.1 The Correctness of Names -- 2.1.1 Natural Names -- 2.1.2 Effective Names -- 2.2 Meaning -- 2.3 Logic -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 From Lexis to Logos -- 1 The Pedagogy of the Logos -- 1.1 Lexis and Logos -- 1.2 Torjesen and the Scriptural Pedagogy of the Logos -- 2 Elements of the Movement from Lexis to Logos -- 2.1 Lexis -- 2.2 Kata Lexin -- 2.3 Rules of Usage -- 2.4 Linguistic Intuitions -- 2.5 Logos -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Pragmatics of Scriptural Utterances -- 1 Deixis -- 1.1 Ancient and Contemporary Theories of Deixis -- 1.2 Place Deixis -- 1.3 Person Deixis -- 2 Implicature -- 2.1 Ancient Implicature -- 2.2 Conversational Implicature -- 2.3 Scriptural Implicature -- 2.4 Allegory and the Maxim of Quality -- 2.5 Order (τάξις) and the Maxim of Manner -- 3 Conclusion -- Chapter 4 The Grammar of Scriptural Language -- 1 Inquiry and Vagueness -- 1.1 Analogy and Inquiry -- 1.2 Vagueness and Wisdom -- 2 Habits of Scripture -- 2.1 The Logic of Scriptural Habits -- 2.2 Scripture, World, and Interpreter -- 2.2.1 Habits of the World -- 2.2.2 Habits of Inquiry -- 2.3 Implicit Habits of Scripture -- 3 Invention -- 3.1 Rhetorical Invention -- 3.2 Analogy and Invention -- 3.3 Invention of New Words -- 3.4 Invention of New Sentences -- 4 Conclusion. |
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| ISBN: | 9004448543 |