Deep Exegesis:The Mystery of Reading Scripture
Subtitle: the mystery of reading Scripture
By: Peter J. Leithart.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781602580695
Subjects: Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible -- Hermeneutics
Description: Seeking to train readers to "hear all that is being said" within a written text, Peter Leithart advocates a hermeneutics of the letter that is not rigidly literalist and looks to learn to read--not just the Bible, but everything--from Jesus and Paul. Deep Exegesis explores the nature of reading itself--taking clues from Jesus and Paul on the meaning of meaning, the functions of language, and proper modes of interpretation. By looking (and listening) closely, and by including passages from the Bible and other literary sources, Leithart aims to do for the text what Jesus did for the blind man in John 9: to make new by opening eyes. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Learning to read from Jesus and Paul; title: The text is a husk : modern hermeneutics; title: Texts are events : typology; title: Words are players : semantics; title: The text is a joke : intertextuality; title: Texts are music : structure; title: Texts are about Christ : application.