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Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Hermeneutics

  • Paperback
  • 327 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

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For theology students and curious readers of the Bible

Moves beyond traditional interpretations of scripture

You will gain deeper insights into the Bible's relevance today

This book explores modern biblical interpretation through philosophical insights.

This book applies philosophical hermeneutics to biblical studies. Whereas traditional studies of the Bible limit their analysis to the exploration of the texts' original historical sense, this book discusses how to move beyond these issues to a consideration of biblical texts' existential significance for the present. In response to the rejection of biblical significance in the late nineteenth century and the accompanying crisis of nihilism, B. H. McLean argues that the philosophical thought of Heidegger, Bultmann, Gadamer, Habermas, Ricoeur, Levinas, Deleuze and Guattari provides an alternative to historically oriented approaches to biblical interpretation. He uses basic principles drawn from these philosophers' writings to create a framework for a new 'post-historical' mode of hermeneutic inquiry that transcends the subject-based epistemological structure of historical positivism.
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Hellenistic and Biblical GreekBiblical Interpretation and Philosophical Hermeneutics

  • Title

    Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Hermeneutics

  • Author

    B. H. McLean

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2012

  • Weight

    445g

  • Page Count

    327

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.7 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107683402

  • ISBN-10

    1107683408

  • Eden Code

    4027488

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