“I Contain Multitudes”: The Divine Basis for the Theological Interpretation of Scripture
Theological interpretation of Scripture has often been understood in terms of method. This essay, drawing on Christian, Jewish, and Islamic reflection, as well as the anarchic metaphysics of Paul Feyerabend, argues that the category of “method” or “methodology” does not apply to theological interpre...
| Published in: | Pro ecclesia |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2022
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| In: |
Pro ecclesia
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Holy books
/ Method
/ Islam
/ Judaism
/ Christianity
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BH Judaism BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations NBB Doctrine of Revelation |
| Further subjects: | B
Theological Interpretation
B Infinity B DIVINE SPEECH B Scripture B Feyerabend B critical discipline B Method B Complexity |
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| Summary: | Theological interpretation of Scripture has often been understood in terms of method. This essay, drawing on Christian, Jewish, and Islamic reflection, as well as the anarchic metaphysics of Paul Feyerabend, argues that the category of “method” or “methodology” does not apply to theological interpretation, which ought instead to be understood as a human posture of receiving divine speech. This receptive posture is shaped especially by the infinitely complex character of divine speech that the Scripture constitutes, and it is just this character that subverts “method” itself as an adequate conceptuality for defining how one hears and understands God's Word. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/10638512221084579 |