Culture and Biblical Hermeneutics
Subtitle: Interpreting and Applying the Authoritative Word in a Relativistic Age
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781592443062
Subjects: Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics; Bible - Hermeneutics; Religion - Biblical Studies
Description: This volume grapples with what the author calls "the challenge that historical and cultural relativism poses to the hermeneutical process when applied to the authoritative Scripture." The author addresses this 'challenge' by analyzing both the roots and the current state of biblical hermeneutics and by developing a biblical theology of hermeneutics and culture. Larkin begins his historical analysis by uncovering the origin of the major thought forms and patterns that have shaped contemporary hermeneutical discussion. He then focuses on evangelical and nonevangelical contributions to the debate. Culling the writings of biblical scholars and missiologists, he outlines how they have addressed such issues as the nature and authority of Scripture, the interpreter's preunderstanding, and contextualization.