Reception History, Tradition and Biblical Interpretation: Gadamer and Jauss in Current Practice (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Evans, Robert

ISBN 10: 0567666743 / ISBN 13: 9780567666741

Published by T&T Clark, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reception History, Tradition and Biblical Interpretation: Gadamer and Jauss in Current Practice (The Library of New Testament Studies)
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567666743
• ISBN 13: 9780567666741
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biblical Studies

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Synopsis

This study seeks to make a contribution to current debates about the nature of Wirkungsgeschichte or reception history and its place in contemporary Biblical Studies. The author addresses three crucial questions: the relationship between reception history and historical-critical exegesis; the form of reception history itself, with a focus on the issue of which acts of reception are selected and valorized; and the role of tradition, pre-judgements and theology in relation to reception history. Disagreements about these matters contribute to what many characterise as the fragmentation of the discipline of biblical studies.

The study champions the hermeneutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer as a theoretical resource for understanding biblical interpretation, and a way of holding together with integrity the varied activities undertaken within the discipline. Each aspect of the argument is illustrated, tested and further explored with reference to the post-history of exhortations in the New Testament to 'be subject'. These have been widely cited and applied for 2,000 years – in literature, law and politics as well as in theological traditions. In this way the study makes a contribution not just to the theory but also the practice of reception history.

About the Authors

Robert Evans is reader in sociology at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, UK.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.

Andrew Mein is Director of Research at the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK

Michelle Fletcher is Research Assistant on the Visual Commentary on Scripture and Research Fellow at King's College London, UK.

Dr Matthew A. Collins is Senior Lecturer in Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism at the University of Chester, UK.