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020			_a9781842272121
041			_a0 eng
082			_a225.601
082			_bR788-S46
100			_aSelby, Rosalind
100			_eAuthor
245			_aPaternoster biblical monographs
245			_bAn epistemology of New Testament hermeneutics
245			_cRosalind Selby
245			_pThe comical doctrine
260			_aGreat Britain
260			_bPaternoster
260			_c2006
300			_a277tr.
300			_bpaperback
300			_c23cm
520			_aIn this wide-ranging study Rosalind Selby explores the hermeneutical implications of a Barthian epistemology in which 'givenness' (of knowledge, talk of God and Scripture, and the Church) is paramount. From this she seeks to develop a 'hermeneutics of service' that challenges both liberal and fundamentalist approaches to theological language and biblical interpretation. Selby tackles the issues of knowledge, and especially knowledge of God, the language used to communicate that knowledge and that language as Scriptural textuality. Barth wrote of 'the comical doctrine that the true exegete has no presuppositions'. In the train of his insight, Selby examines the role of community as a prerequisite for knowledge and truth claims before examining the different ways that various 'communities' interpret Scripture (focusing on St. Mark's Gospel). The presuppositions of the different starting places are revealed and the appropriateness of various methodologies discussed. The Quest for the Historical Jesus and its struggles to handle the resurrection are used as a 'test case' to show the impact of different hermeneutical strategies. The insights in this thought-provoking study have implications for issues as wide ranging as the genre 'Gospel', the authority of Scripture, the Church as a 'reading community', the plurality of interpretations and the possibility of controlling them, the relationship between general and special theological hermeneutics, as well as epistemological foundationalism and its alternatives.
650			_aBible -- NT -- Hermeneutics
957			_a211001 TKH
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