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The Comical Doctrine - The Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics (Paperback)
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The Comical Doctrine - The Epistemology of New Testament Hermeneutics (Paperback)
Series: Paternoster Biblical & Theological Monographs
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In 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.
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