Philosophical presuppositions of a literary approach to the Old Testament
Special Edition: Understanding the Old Testament in South Africa. It is a fact that literary theory has a strong impact on biblical hermeneutics and exegesis. A brief rsum of possible reasons for the shift towards literary approaches to the Bible is given. Specific presuppositions of such an approac...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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1994
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Old Testament essays
Year: 1994, Volume: 7, Issue: 4, Pages: 65-71 |
| Further subjects: | B
Anti-authoritarian trends
B Literary system of Old Testament B biblical authority B Biblical text as secular discipline B Literary Theory B Philosophical presuppositions B Hermeneutics B Semiotics B Exegesis B Extra-biblical world B Psychoanalytic Interpretation |
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| Summary: | Special Edition: Understanding the Old Testament in South Africa. It is a fact that literary theory has a strong impact on biblical hermeneutics and exegesis. A brief rsum of possible reasons for the shift towards literary approaches to the Bible is given. Specific presuppositions of such an approach are discussed. Emphasis is laid on the serious obligation to descriptionbe the literary system of Old Testament texts. If this were neglected one would not be in a position to account for the distinctiveness of the biblical story. It is also shown that a literary approach to the Bible will inevitably have consequences for our conception of the nature of the text of the Bible, and even for its authority. |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_548 |