Truth, beauty, and goodness in biblical narratives : a hermeneutical study of Genesis 21:1-21 /

Sonek, Krzysztof.

Truth, beauty, and goodness in biblical narratives : a hermeneutical study of Genesis 21:1-21 / Krzysztof Sonek. - Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) : illustrations - - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 395 . - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 395. .

Slightly Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-284) and indexes.

General or special hermeneutics? -- The illustrative pericope Gen 21:1-21 -- A general hermeneutical model -- Immanent knowledge -- Narrative knowledge -- Transcendental knowledge -- The general hermeneutical model : corollaries.

A modern reader studying biblical narratives encounters various literary approaches and ways of understanding interpretive concepts. Hence an attempt to put forward a comprehensive hermeneutical model of reading biblical narratives. Such a model should aim at a synthesis of various approaches, and show how they are interrelated. The book proposes a hermeneutical theory which uses modern approaches to literary texts for the exegesis of biblical narratives. The book discusses three spheres of the reader's knowledge about reality: immanent, narrative, and transcendental. The move from immanent to.


In English.

9783110209754 (electronic bk.) 3110209756 (electronic bk.) 1282187716 9781282187719 (alk. paper) (alk. paper)

10.1515/9783110209754 doi




Bible.--Genesis, XXI, 1-21--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Truth--Biblical teaching.
Aesthetics--Biblical teaching.
Vérité--Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION--Judaism--Sacred Writings.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
Truth--Biblical teaching.
Exegese
Narrative Exegese


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