Paul, the Corinthians and the Birth of Christian Hermeneutics

Klappentext This book demonstrates how in the Corinthian letters Paul was fashioning the principles that later exegetes would use to interpret scripture. Zusammenfassung This book shows how in the Corinthian letters Paul was fashioning the principles that later authors would use to interpret scripture. This engagingly written demonstration of the hermeneutical impact of Paul's correspondence on early Christian exegetes also illustrates a new way to think about the history of reception of biblical texts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The Corinthian diolkos: passageway to early Christian biblical interpretation; 2. The agôn of Pauline interpretation; 3. Anthropological hermeneutics between rhetoric and philosophy; 4. The mirror and the veil: hermeneutics of occlusion; 5. Invisible signs, singular testimonies: the agôn over interpretive criteria; 6. Hermeneutical exhaustion and the end(s) of interpretation; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Margaret M. Mitchell, Margaret M. (University of Chicago) Mitchell, MITCHELL MARGARET M UNIVERSITY, Mitchell Margaret M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107407077
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40707-7
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, New Testaments, Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics