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Is There a Meaning in This Text?: The Bible, the Reader and the Morality of Literary Knowledge - Softcover

Kevin J. Vanhoozer

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9780851114637: Is There a Meaning in This Text?: The Bible, the Reader and the Morality of Literary Knowledge
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ISBN 10: 0851114636 ISBN 13: 9780851114637
Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press, 1998

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This monograph on hermeneutics is part of Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation (which has been reissued in one volume). A brilliant young evangelical scholar, Kevin Vanhoozer begins by giving the philosophical background to the history of the hermeneutical task. He then discusses modern approaches to hermeneutics, particularly those that insist that no meaning can be ascribed to a text. He goes on to build a strong case for a hermeneutic that insists that literary texts--particularly the Bible--do in fact convey a meaning that can be derived from he text. This book can rightly be called a theology of interpretation.

From the Author

Kevin Vanhoozer (Ph.D., Cambridge University) is senior lecturer in theology and religious studies at New College, University of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is author of Biblical Narrative in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur: An Essay in Hermeneutics and Theology

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Publisher
Inter-Varsity Press
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0851114636
ISBN 13 
9780851114637
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400
Rating
  • 4.17 out of 5 stars
    443 ratings by Goodreads