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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453927403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-281-80276-X

9786611802769

0-567-06896-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

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

The Bible in the twenty-first century series ; ; 5

Altri autori (Persone)

CosgroveCharles H

Disciplina

220.6/01

Soggetti

Hermeneutics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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