Examines two methods of interpreting scriptural text, the historical critical method and the French structuralist method. The former looks beyond the text to explore issues of reference and authorial intentionality, while the latter focuses on the inner world of the text. 1991 Callound, Jean. A Brief Review of a Method and Some Explanation of Procedures. Presents a brief outline of the Greimasian method and gives helpful insights on how to apply the method to the biblical text.
Technical terminology is simplified.
Structuralism and the Biblical Text . Religion and Reason Series, 32. Mouton Publishers, 1985. Deals with theoretical aspects of the method, laying emphasis on the work of Levi-Strauss and of Erhardt Guttgemanns. An Analytical Dictionary .