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The Christian canon comprises of sixty six book. Of these the majority, thirty nine to be precise, stem from the Jewish religion. These books, comprising the Hebrew Bible direct or guide the adherents of Judaism till today. Christians consider the Hebrew Bible as the Old Testament in the light of a new revelation in Jesus Christ. This thesis questions the last premise, firstly in the light that Messianic Jews or present day Jewish Christians, also still adhere to their heritage as stemming from the Old Testament. Secondly, it should be noted that due to missionary influence both the Old Testament (Hebrew) culture and African culture were discarded. In the light of so many correlations between the Old Testament values and culture and African values and culture I set out to trace whether there is more to the Old Testament than the deductions we, Africans, have inherited from the Western minds down the centuries, as we in the process could have tapped into their (unconscious?) anti-Jewish motivations. As a start in this wide field, I focus on the three pilgrimage festivals, Passover, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles, prescribed in the Old Testament. I go back in history, through the eyes of Messianic Jews, to learn about the celebrations and interpretations that surround these festivals. Once I have gained that insight I contrast it with the general Christian interpretations and celebrations and where there is room for implementation of Messianic Jewish insight I put these forward towards liturgical enrichment and worship enhancement in the Lutheran Church. / Thesis (M.Th.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1999.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:12:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_jonatas_mattos.pdf: 1440032 bytes, checksum: c0b4bd436e6281821dc941d90b46eaf6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-11-17 / Among the biblical texts that have been discussed more by his interpreters is Judges 11,29-40 whose narrative describes the sacrifice of Jephthah s daughter who somehow was carried out his own father. The Judeo-Christian-contemporary tradition focused on different looks this portion. A history of exegesis as prolific as this implies a relevant question about the nature of the hermeneutic process: the extent to which ethical and religious factors external to the text itself influence the truth about it. This concern involves the core of this proposed study. The same concern is present in the work of the philosopher HG Gadamer's hermeneutical theory which stressed the historicity and finitude of the interpreter. The concepts of fusion of horizons, tradition and pre-concept may help to elucidate the different perceptions on this story so intriguing. At the same time open up the discussion of hermeneutical theory adequate to deal with religious texts. In this work, this will happen from an evaluation of the so-called "new hermeneutics" here represented by Gadamer, highlighting its contributions and limitations / Entre os textos bíblicos que mais foram debatidos pelos intérpretes bíblicos está Jz 11,29-40 cuja narrativa descreve o sacrifício da filha de Jefté que de alguma forma foi levado a cabo pelo seu próprio pai. Nas tradições judaica, cristã e contemporânea diferentes olhares incidiram sobre essa perícope. Uma história da exegese tão prolífera como esta implica numa relevante questão acerca natureza do processo hermenêutico: até que ponto fatores éticoreligiosos do contexto e ambiente da interpretação influenciam a compreensão de um texto. Essa preocupação envolve o cerne desta proposta de estudo. A mesma preocupação está presente na obra do filósofo H.G. Gadamer, cuja teoria hermenêutica ressalta a historicidade e finitude do intérprete. Os conceitos gadamerianos de fusão de horizontes, tradição e préconceito podem ajudar a elucidar as diferentes percepções sobre essa narrativa tão intrigante ao longo da história da interpretação. Ao mesmo tempo abrem a discussão sobre a teoria hermenêutica adequada para abordar textos religiosos. Neste trabalho isso se dá a partir de uma avaliação da assim chamada ―nova hermenêutica‖, aqui representada por Gadamer, apontando suas contribuições e limitações. Palavras-chave: hermenêutica, tradição judaico-cristã, história da interpretação

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