Hermeneutics: An Introduction to Interpretive Theory
Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
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The gospels are revealed as quite sophisticated documents, and if we wish to retain the Bultmannian paradigm we must invent ever more cunning sub-theories to account for them as they actually are. The great irony of this total position, seen from the perspective I shall advance, is that it regards genuinely mythological language (apocalyptic) as th
... See moreN. T. Wright • Jesus Victory of God V2: Christian Origins And The Question Of God
there has been little agreement among Christian scholars concerning the rudimentary principles of biblical interpretation.
R. C. Sproul • Knowing Scripture
Interpretation thus presupposes a discrepancy between the clear meaning of the text and the demands of (later) readers. It seeks to resolve that discrepancy.
Susan Sontag • Against Interpretation: And Other Essays
historical” interpretations are simply not the same kinds of things as “theological” interpretations.