The meanings we choose : hermeneutical ethics, indeterminacy and the conflict of interpretations / edited by Charles H. Cosgrove.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cosgrove, Charles H.

Series:

BTC (Series) ; 5.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 411.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 411

The Bible in the twenty-first century series ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hermeneutics.

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : T & T Clark International, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Meanings We Choose is an engagement with responsible bible reading-Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and New Testament texts-for the past as well as for the present and future. Its stated perspectives are multi-denominational Christian but the implications of such readings go far beyond a specific confessional framework. In the present political climate the aware, responsible "personal" is meaningful for any community, confessedly religious as well as otherwise. While the articles collected in this volume, broadly speaking, can and perhaps should be compartmentalized as ideological criticism, the

Contents:

Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; INTRODUCTION; Part I: REFLECTIONS ON INDETERMINACY AND HERMENEUTICAL JUDGMENT; Integral and Differential Hermeneutics; Toward a Postmodern Hermeneutica Sacra: Guiding Considerations in Choosing between Competing Plausible Interpretations of Scripture; Scriptural Criticism as a Practice of Biblical Studies: Conceiving a Commentary on Romans; Culture and Intersubjectivity as Criteria for Negotiating Meanings in Cross-Cultural Interpretations; Part II: CASE STUDIES IN INDETERMINACY AND HERMENEUTICAL JUDGMENT

Liberation and OppressionViolence; Exclusion and Embrace; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-215) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786611802769

9781281802767

128180276X

9780567068965

056706896X

OCLC:

276783755