Intro

Question 1

What is Hermeneutics?

Answer 1

1. The study of the activity of interpretation.
   It is thinking and reflecting on the act of interpreting texts.
2. W.r.t biblical interpretation, it is (a) the study of the whole movement that is involved in interpreting a text’s meaning and (b) applying it today

Question 2

Describe the communication model proposed by Jeannine

Answer 2

Scripture’s meaning can be understood as the (1) communicative act of the author that has been (2) inscribed in the text and (3) addressed to the intended audience for (4) purposes of engagement.

Question 3

What are the 3 advantages of a communication model?

Answer 3

1. Communication is inherently interpersonal. Interpersonal categories are truer to an understanding of the Bible as Scripture
2. Viewing texts from an interpersonal perspective helps to minimize the “contrast” between subject and object (where I as subject come to study and interpret the text, as object).

An interpersonal model comes up more closely to the idea of the biblical text as communication

3. Communication is rarely limited to cognitive categories. Scripture communicates cognitive propositional truth and also non-cognitive (emotive, volitional) meaning in the text

In sum, a model of Scripture as “communication” helps to expand our understanding of what the Bible is and how we ought to interpret it.

Question 4

What are the 3 domains of Scripture as Communication?

Answer 4

1. Author: the one who communicates
2. Text: the vehicle or act of communication
3. Reader: the one who is addressed and who responds.

Question 5

What is Jeannine’s definition of “meaning”?

Answer 5

Meaning is the (a) communicative intention of the author which has been (b) inscribed in the text and (c) addressed to the intended audience for (d) purposes of engagement. (p.22)

Question 6

What is Exegesis?

Answer 6

Exegesis is the task of carefully studying the Bible in order to determine as well as possible the author’s meaning in the original context of writing

Question 7

What are the 3 things to pay attention to in exegesis?

Answer 7

1. Genre - literary conventions associated with it
2. Literary context - wider section & bible book. Maybe canonical context.
3. Social Setting - the “social world” of the Bible

Question 8

What is contextualisation?

Answer 8

Contextualization is the task of bringing a biblical author’s meaning to bear in other times and culture. To contextualize is to hear Scripture’s meaning speak in new contexts. (p.25)