Authorial Intention as Old as the Hills

According to some postmodernists, authorial intention has been a concern within biblical hermeneutics for only a short while. The history of hermeneutics, however, indicates otherwise: authorial intention has been a central hermeneutical concern throughout church history. This article looks at some...

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Main Author: Poirier, John C. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2004
In: Stone-Campbell journal
Year: 2004, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-73
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:According to some postmodernists, authorial intention has been a concern within biblical hermeneutics for only a short while. The history of hermeneutics, however, indicates otherwise: authorial intention has been a central hermeneutical concern throughout church history. This article looks at some of the main proponents of an intentionalist hermeneutic, both inside and outside the church. It also attempts to account for the present-day turn against the author.
ISSN:1097-6566
Contains:Enthalten in: Stone-Campbell journal