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1 Three main approaches to biblical texts

New Testament Introduction A h i s t o r i c a l — l i t e r a r y I n t e r p r e t a t i o n. Figure 1: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives on historical relations and circumstances. diachronic. synchronic. time. 1 Three main approaches to biblical texts

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1 Three main approaches to biblical texts

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  1. New Testament Introduction A h i s t o r i c a l — l i t e r a r y I n t e r p r e t a t i o n Figure 1: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives on historical relations and circumstances diachronic synchronic time • 1 Three main approaches to biblical texts 1.1Reading the Bible as a religious document – here and now 1.2Reading the Bible as a historical document – there and then

  2. New Testament Introduction A h i s t o r i c a l — l i t e r a r y I n t e r p r e t a t i o n The semantic dimension • 1 Three main approaches to biblical texts 1.1Reading the Bible as a religious document – here and now 1.2Reading the Bible as a historical document – there and then 1.3Reading the Bible as literature – the text as such 2Three dimensions of language • 2.1 The syntactical dimension • 2.2 The semantic dimension • 2.3 The pragmatic dimension • 2.4 The interdependence of the three dimensions The pragmatic dimension The syntactical dimension

  3. New Testament Introduction A h i s t o r i c a l — l i t e r a r y I n t e r p r e t a t i o n P T S C I • Three main approaches to biblical texts • 2Three dimensions of language 3 The constituents of interpretation 3.1 The objective of Interpretation • I interprets T through M as O for R 3.2 The preconditions of interpretation An interpreter (I) makes sense (S) of a text (T) from a perspective (P) and within a context (C)

  4. New Testament Introduction A h i s t o r i c a l — l i t e r a r y I n t e r p r e t a t i o n • Three main approaches to biblical texts • 2Three dimensions of language 3The interpretation process • 4 The main methodological steps of a historical-literary interpretation • 4.1 The task • 4.2 A first examination of the passage in question • 4.3 The literary context 4.3.1The wider literary context of the whole document 4.3.2The narrower literary context of the passage 4.4 Genre and function 4.5 The structure of the text 4.6 Words and expressions 4.7 Inter-texts 4.8 The historical context • 4.8.1 The specific background • 4.8.2 The symbolic world • 4.9 Summary and conclusion • 4.10Personal analogies

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