Biblical Interpretation and Philosophical Hermeneutics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107683402)

This book applies philosophical hermeneutics to biblical studies. Whereas traditional studies of the Bible limit their analysis to the exploration of the texts' original historical sense, this book discusses how to move beyond these issues to a consideration of biblical texts' existential significance for the present. In response to the rejection of biblical significance in the late nineteenth century and the accompanying crisis of nihilism, B. H. McLean argues that the philosophical thought of Heidegger, Bultmann, Gadamer, Habermas, Ricoeur, Levinas, Deleuze, and Guattari provides an alternative to historically oriented approaches to biblical interpretation. He uses basic principles drawn from these philosophers' writings to create a framework for a new "post-historical" mode of hermeneutic inquiry that transcends the subject-based epistemological structure of historical positivism.

Author: B. H. McLean
ISBN-10: 1107683408
ISBN-13: 9781107683402
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2012
Pages: 327
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2013