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Interpretive Models. Paradigms Lenses Grids Ways of understanding “hermeneutic”. Interpretive Models. The Interpretive Grid – Martens Psalms of Orientation – Brueggemann Wiki-stories – McKnight Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic – Webb Trajectory hermeneutic
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Interpretive Models • Paradigms • Lenses • Grids • Ways of understanding • “hermeneutic”
Interpretive Models The Interpretive Grid – Martens Psalms of Orientation – Brueggemann Wiki-stories – McKnight Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic – Webb • Trajectory hermeneutic • Developmental/progressive, etc.
The Interpretive Grid • OT Scholar, Elmer Martens • From within Scripture itself • Narrative, story-driven in nature • Uses the story of Israel as a “hermeneutic”
Psalms of Orientation • OT Scholar, Walter Brueggemann • Socio-rhetorical approach • What is the experience of the writers? • What is the experience of the “users”? • Orientation – Disorientation – Reorientation
Redemptive-Movement • NT Scholar, William Webb • How do we apply texts embedded within cultural contexts different than our own? • “Ultimate ethic” is defined outside of Scripture itself.
Wesleyan Quadrilateral As much a means of discernment and Christian decision making as interpretive model for Scripture. • Scripture • Reason • Tradition • Experience