Multiple meaning and/or multiple interpretation of a text
The problem being dealt with in this paper is whether a text has only one legitimate meaning, or no meaning at all. The question becomes even more acute when the contexts of sender and receiver are different. Polysemy and ambiguity are well-known obstacles to communication on the level of the word....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1984
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| In: |
Neotestamentica
Year: 1984, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 26-37 |
| Further subjects: | B
Interpretation of
B Theology B Literary Analysis B Literary Criticism B Biblical Criticism B Thematic function B Christianity B Ambiguity |
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| Summary: | The problem being dealt with in this paper is whether a text has only one legitimate meaning, or no meaning at all. The question becomes even more acute when the contexts of sender and receiver are different. Polysemy and ambiguity are well-known obstacles to communication on the level of the word. The necessity of a general semiotic theory is stressed, and explains the difference between denotation and connotation. The functionality of metaphor in biblical language points to the interpretive value of polyvalency. The impression of unlimited indeterminacy created by the recent emphasis on the active role of the reader, is in a sense misleading since author and reader function as a textual strategy. On the other hand, the actualization of the textual expression as the content of the text by applying the various codes and subcodes. implies a continuous interaction between intentional and extensional approaches. In this respect topics., thematics. Ideological and world structures are operative. Since interpretation and application are not to be separated in a pragmatic context. As is the case with the text of the Bible, there inevitably remains the possibility of multiple interpretations due to the interpreting and applying of the text of the Bible in a concrete situation. Yet this interpretation and appropriation should always be done as comprehension of the text and in continuity with the tradition. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_177 |